Keohane v. Jones

Mark E. Walker, Chief United States District Judge

"The basic concept underlying the Eighth Amendment is nothing less than *1292the dignity of man." Trop v. Dulles , 356 U.S. 86, 100, 78 S.Ct. 590, 2 L.Ed.2d 630 (1958).

This case involves an individual immersed in the process of transitioning gender roles when she1 found herself in jail after a violent argument with her roommate. Reiyn Keohane was born anatomically male, but she began identifying as female around age eight. She says she's always had an "internal sense" of being female.2 Since age fourteen, Ms. Keohane has worn women's clothing,…