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Kentucky, Senate Bill 2 and trans inmates

Kentucky bill taking away gender affirming care from inmates moves forward

Kentucky lawmakers have greenlit a bill prohibiting taxpayer money being spent on gender-affirming care in Kentucky prisons. Opponents of the bill argued the move is entirely political and targets a small number of people.

Louisville Courier-Journal on MSN · 1d

Kentucky bill would segregate prisons by biological sex, ban gender transition care

A bill in the Kentucky legislature would require the state's prisons to designate bathrooms, sleeping quarters and other areas by biological sex.

Lexington Herald-Leader on MSN · 1d

There are fewer than 100 trans inmates in Kentucky. GOP bills would restrict their care

An opponent called the Senate GOP proposal a “politically motivated attack against one of our smallest and most vulnerable communities.”

USA Today · 7d

Kentucky bill would ban gender transition care in state prisons

Kentucky Senate Bill 2, filed by Republican Sen. Mike Wilson, aims to prevent the Department of Corrections from funding gender transition care for inmates. While Kentucky's Attorney General determined the state isn't obligated to provide such surgeries, the bill seeks to codify this into law.

Kentucky Lantern · 1d

Bill barring use of public funds on transgender treatments for Kentucky inmates advances

Under a GOP bill advancing in Kentucky, a reported 67 inmates would have to stop taking “cross sex hormones” if they are paid for with public funds.

Bowling Green WBKO on MSN1d

Kentucky continues to lower recidivism rates

For those inmates, the current recidivism rate is 30.81%, which is 1.6% lower than the prior year. Kentucky defines ...

Lexington Herald Leader29d

KY Dept. of Corrections amends LGBT-inclusive rules, continues providing hormone therapy

Ky., on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Ryan C. Hermens [email protected] On the heels of a legal opinion from Kentucky’s Republican attorney general, the state’s Department of Corrections ...

Kentucky bill aims to prohibit hormone therapy in jails

The Department of Corrections has testified before that no gender reassignment surgery is being performed for people in Kentucky jails.

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Clark County judge dismisses case against former corrections officer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A judge dismissed charges against a former Clark County, Indiana corrections officer accused of giving inmates keys in the county jail. Friday, Clark County Circuit Court ...

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