A woman is suing New York City because she was put in a male prison on Rikers Island

Male 'posing' as transgender allegedly raped inmate at all-women facility on Rikers Island, lawsuit says. Inmate suing New York and Corrections Department officers after she was allegedly raped by a male inmate. She is suing the Department of Correction and New York State Department.

Dylan Miles, a transgender woman, is suing New York City departments after she was placed in a male-populated prison at Rikers Island. Miles says she was allegedly subject to abuse. Miles is suing the city for putting her in the male-dominated prison at the facility.