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Circuit Split Arises Over Transgender Prisoner Rights <\/strong><\/p>\n

It is well known that the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution prevents cruel and unusual punishment.\u00a0 However, what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment is a decision that is left to the court’s’ discretion.\u00a0 There is a deep divide as to whether core issues such as the death penalty meets the standard of cruel and unusual punishment.\u00a0 If there is a disagreement over these central issues, the hot button issues will inevitably have a profound disagreement.\u00a0 Currently, there is a circuit split amount the federal courts of appeals as to whether denying a transgender prison sex reassignment surgery constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.<\/p>\n

The Eighth Amendment has been interpreted in a variety of situations, including the medical needs of prisoners. \u00a0In Estelle v. Gamble,<\/em>\u00a0the United States Supreme Court held that a prisoner\u2019s Eighth Amendment medical rights are violated if there is deliberate indifference to serious medical needs of prisoners constitutes the usury and wanton infliction of pain.\u00a0 It has been argued that denying transgender people their healthcare surrounding their gender dysphoria meets this standard.<\/p>\n

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