WA transgender prisoner policy lands before state Supreme Court

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 1,279

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Washington’s state Supreme Court justices will weigh in on where a transgender woman held in state prisons should be confined, as the state faces a federal probe over the issue.

The court on Tuesday heard arguments in the case of Amber Kim, who had been held in the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor before she was moved to the men’s prison in Monroe due to an infraction.

Kim argues this decision amounts …

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