Appeals court: DCF violated transgender teen’s due process rights

HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut’s second-highest court ruled last week that the state’s Department of Children and Families violated the due process rights of Latina transgender teenager Jane Doe when they transferred her to an adult prison facility in 2014 without charging her with any crime.

“The respondent’s due process rights were violated on the ground that DCF failed to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, its entitlement to have the respondent transferred from its care to the supervision of the Department of Correction,” the ruling states.

The DCF enacted the transfer on the grounds that Jane Doe was too violent for their facilities, but did not provide substantial proof, the appeals court determined.

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