California Must Provide Trans Prisoners With Compression Underwear

California Must Provide Trans Prisoners With Compression Underwear California Must Provide Trans Prisoners With Compression Underwear... http://ift.tt/2qG8b77 A Valley State Prison inmate hands out supplies to a fellow inmate during a cosmetology class / Getty Images BY: Sam DormanMay 4, 2017 12:38 pm A U.S. district judge last week ordered California state prison officials to provide free chest-flattening underwear, also known as compression tops, to transgender inmates at women's prisons and feminine accessories to transgender inmates at men's prisons. Requiring inmates to buy compression tops "effectively" denies those items to individuals who cannot afford them, according to U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar, who issued the order on Friday. Taxpayers, therefore, must foot the bill. The order came out of a lawsuit concerning whether transgender prisoners should have access to certain clothing and accessories that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation argues could be altered as a disguise, aiding in escape attempts, the Associated Press reported. Authorities fear inmates could alter items like nightgowns, robes, and scarves to look like street clothes and escape
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