Former trans prisoner's trial opens

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Bay Area Reporter
by Heather Cassell
h.cassell@ebar.com

Giraldo, 30, a Puerto Rican transgender woman, alleges in the lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that two inmates with whom she shared cells between January and March 2006 repeatedly raped her. According to the lawsuit, which was filed earlier this year, Giraldo informed multiple prison officials during February and March 2006 that she was being raped daily, beaten, and held "hostage" by her second cellmate. Giraldo, according to the lawsuit, did not report the alleged sexual assaults perpetrated by her first cellmate.