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The state signed a legal agreement meant to make prisons safer for transgender women, who are often the targets of violence and harassment.

Colorado will pioneer a new approach to housing transgender women in prison that experts say could become a model for other states. The move is part of a legal settlement in a case brought by 400 tran...

The move is part of a legal settlement in a case brought by 400 trans women who are or have been in the state’s prisons.

An attorney on the case said the upcoming changes should become

Historic legal settlement, a consent decree, would establish two new voluntary housing units for incarcerated trans women in Colorado's prisons.

Taliyah Murphy received a letter in early 2018 about a soon-to-be-filed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of transgender women like her who were housed in men's prisons in Colorado. It gave her hope.

A soon-to-be-finalized legal settlement would offer transgender women in Colorado prisons new housing options, including a pipeline to the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility. The change comes amid a growing number of lawsuits across the country aimed at improving health care access and safety for incarcerated trans people.

Historic legal settlement, a consent decree, would establish two new voluntary housing units for incarcerated trans women in Colorado's prisons.

Restricting access to mifepristone, used in more than half of all medical abortions in the U.S., would hit recruitment, military readiness, and impact national security, according to a number of former military officials and high-rank service members who've filed a legal brief with the Supreme Court.

A historic legal settlement is expected to be finalized by early March. It would establish two new voluntary housing units for incarcerated trans women, making Colorado the first state to offer a separate unit.