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FLEMINGTON – The first lawsuit has been filed by an Edna Mahan Correctional Facility inmate over injuries received in what the lawsuit calls a premeditated raid that will go down in history as one of the most barbaric examples of prisoner abuse in the State of New Jersey.
Tatianna Harrison, 22, of Berlin, alleges in the suit filed Friday in Superior Court in Hunterdon County, that she was assaulted and injured by corrections officers in the Jan. 11 sweep of cells in the state s only women s prison.
Six inmates, all Black, were assaulted in the sweep, according to the lawsuit.
Ten corrections officers involved in the sweep – nine of whom are defendants in Harrison’s lawsuit – have been criminally charged by the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, with charges ranging from assault to tampering with public records and official misconduct.
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Transgender prisoners in New Jersey will be held by gender, not gender
The New Jersey State Prison will begin to place prisoners based on their gender identity rather than the gender assigned to them at birth, after the corrections department reached a settlement with a transgender woman who said she was forced to live in a male prison for a year and a half. Prison and become a target of discrimination and abuse.
Earlier this week, system-wide policies and other changes were announced, including the provision of better medical and mental health care for transgender, intersex and non-binary prisoners. Statement from the ACLU of New Jersey.