A transgender woman is suing the City of New York after they were placed in a men’s detention center while awaiting transfer to another state on domestic violence charges.
Ali Miles, who also goes by Dylan Miles, was born a biological male but is in ‘the process of transitioning into a woman’, wears women’s clothing and is undergoing hormone therapy.
Miles, a self-identified Muslim woman, is now seeking more than $22,000,000 in compensation, claiming she was discriminated based on gender identity.
Miles was held at the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island from June to July 2022 before being transferred to Yavapai County Jail in Arizona.
Subsequently, she was convicted of aggravated harassment, disorderly conduct, harassment, threatening or intimidating, and false reporting to a law enforcement agency.
In October of 2022, she was placed on supervised probation for a period of three years and sentenced to 312 days in jail.
The lawsuit, filed on August 24, 2023, states that despite expressing a female gender identity and allegedly having a court order for her to be placed in a female unit, Miles was housed in a male facility at Rikers.
The filing contends that Miles faced discrimination, assault, and human rights violations during this time despite ‘wearing women’s clothing and in all appearance expresses as a person of the female gender.’
Following her arrest, Miles informed a judge about being transgender and the need for special housing, with the court purportedly agreeing.
However, Miles alleges that after being placed in a male jail, she suffered ‘shock and distress.’
‘As Miles approached the inside of the building, Miles realized it was a male jail which caused shock, panic and fright to Miles,’ the suit reads.
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