Transgender Inmate Sues California Prison System

SACRAMENTO (AP) — A transgender inmate is suing California’s prison system, alleging she was abused and demeaned by guards and spent nine months in solitary after reporting a cellmate had raped her.
Candice Crowder sued the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on Monday.
The lawsuit says Crowder was raped in 2015 in Corcoran prison but her efforts to report the attack were ignored. The suit says Crowder spent much of the next nine months in solitary.
She was sent to the