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Title: D.C. Jail Establishes New Procedures For Transgender Inmates
Post by: Butterfly on February 21, 2009, 11:29:16 PM
Post by: Butterfly on February 21, 2009, 11:29:16 PM
D.C. Jail Establishes New Procedures For Transgender Inmates
Washington City Paper
By Jason Cherkis
Feb. 20, 2009
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/02/20/dc-jail-establishes-new-procedures-for-transgender-inmates/ (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/02/20/dc-jail-establishes-new-procedures-for-transgender-inmates/)
Today, the D.C. Department of Corrections issued a "program statement" establishing new procedures in how it classifies and houses transgendered inmates at the D.C. Jail. This is a huge step, and a surprisingly progressive step for the D.C. Jail. In a letter obtained by Washington City Paper, AG Peter Nickles wrote to to the D.C. Prisoners' Project of the new regs:
"Pursuant to this policy, the District Will be one of only a few jurisdictions in the nation to permit transgender inmates to be housed according to their gender identity in appropriate cases, and to allow transgender inmates to initiate hormone therapy while in custody.
Washington City Paper
By Jason Cherkis
Feb. 20, 2009
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/02/20/dc-jail-establishes-new-procedures-for-transgender-inmates/ (http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2009/02/20/dc-jail-establishes-new-procedures-for-transgender-inmates/)
Today, the D.C. Department of Corrections issued a "program statement" establishing new procedures in how it classifies and houses transgendered inmates at the D.C. Jail. This is a huge step, and a surprisingly progressive step for the D.C. Jail. In a letter obtained by Washington City Paper, AG Peter Nickles wrote to to the D.C. Prisoners' Project of the new regs:
"Pursuant to this policy, the District Will be one of only a few jurisdictions in the nation to permit transgender inmates to be housed according to their gender identity in appropriate cases, and to allow transgender inmates to initiate hormone therapy while in custody.
Title: Re: D.C. Jail Establishes New Procedures For Transgender Inmates
Post by: Kayden on February 23, 2009, 03:10:37 AM
Post by: Kayden on February 23, 2009, 03:10:37 AM
Wow. That's great to hear. I can't even imagine what kind of atrocities transpeople suffer in jails/prisons because they are put in the wrong sex/gender area.
A few horrid flashes from a Law and Order: SVU episode come to mind, but I don't know whether or not to trust TV shows on that.
A few horrid flashes from a Law and Order: SVU episode come to mind, but I don't know whether or not to trust TV shows on that.