Prisons Must Provide Gender Dysphoria Treatment Per Eighth Amendment, Says Department Of Justice

The Department of Justice filed a court brief in a Georgia district court sating the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires prisons to provide care for prisoners suffering from gender dysphoria. The brief was filed in regard to Diamond v. Owens, et al., a case where a prisoner suffering from the condition alleges the state has not provided her with the proper care. Gender dysphoria describes a conflict between a person's physical gender and the gender he or she identifies with.