Transgender inmate gets rare transfer to female prison

CHICAGO (AP) — A transgender woman serving a 10-year sentence for burglary has been moved to a women’s prison in what could be a first for Illinois.
Lawyers for 27-year-old Deon “Strawberry” Hampton announced her transfer Thursday after a year of resistance by the Illinois Department of Corrections.
The MacArthur Justice Center and Uptown People’s Law Center have been fighting to force prison officials to grant Hampton’s transfer request. They filed federal la