Sunday Hinton is suing the District of Columbia in South Carolina, US, after the Department of Corrections (DOC) placed her in a men’s custody unit on April 26, following accusations of an “unarmed burglary with the intent to steal twenty dollars”.
According to CNN, the DOC’s official regulations state it “shall classify an inmate who has male genitals as a male and one who has female genitals as a female, unless otherwise recommended by the Transgender Housing Committee and approved in accordance with this policy.”Hinton is now seeking to eliminate this policy to protect trans inmates and people in custody.