While the case of a 16-year-old transgendered youth who was transferred out of the care of the Department of Children and Families to an adult prison has been in the media spotlight lately, DCF and the youth’s lawyers are quietly discussing a compromise.
The case made national headlines after the troubled youth, who was born a male but identifies as a female, was transferred to the state’s women’s prison, York Correctional Institute on April 8. The case touched a nerve with LGBT and juvenile rights advocates and others, and on Friday a group of about 20 people, called Justice for Jane, demonstrated outside DCF offices in Hartford.
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