How should agencies manage transgender offenders?
An interview with Jail Risk Management Consultant Donald L. Leach
http://www.correctionsone.com/correctional-healthcare/articles/2082675-How-should-agencies-manage-transgender-offenders/It's hard to find accurate statistics on exactly how many people in the United States (or anywhere else) are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). Nonetheless, what we know for sure is that the number of people who define themselves as LGBT is rising – fast. And this has a distinct impact on the world of corrections.
"As gender identity becomes more recognized as a legitimate concern that individuals have, you are going to see more of it in corrections," said Donald L. Leach, a Jail Risk Management Consultant based in Lexington, Kentucky.
Leach hosted a workshop at the 2010 American Jail Association conference in Portland, Oregon titled, "Sexuality in the Jail: Issues with Managing Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Intersexual and Transgender Offenders", which primarily discussed this question: How can correctional professionals define and manage the LGBT community effectively, securely and in correspondence with the law?
