Transitics has uncovered that Texas quietly rescinded its policy allowing trans prisoners to access gender-affirming care. Over 1,100 trans people are at risk of facing a forced detransition.
It’s insane, but courts have interpreted “cruel and unusual” to require the punishment to be BOTH cruel AND unusual to qualify, and if the punishment is being administered in all prisons, it can’t possibly be considered “unusual”, so it gets a pass.
It’s insane, but courts have interpreted “cruel and unusual” to require the punishment to be BOTH cruel AND unusual to qualify, and if the punishment is being administered in all prisons, it can’t possibly be considered “unusual”, so it gets a pass.