Dominican woman classified as man sues US prison
A Dominican woman wrongly classified as a man in a Miami prison and put in a cell with 40 male inmates is suing the authorities and seeking $750,000 in compensation. The woman, Fior Pichardo de Veloz, a lawyer and mother of three children, was arrested in November 2013 on a charge related to drug trafficking. Months later, the authorities dismissed the charges and she returned to the Dominican Republic, where she lives.