Evaluation
The booking officer will issue a Gender Preference Form to all incoming inmates. This form is the inmate or resident’s opportunity to request accommodations and to express their concerns about safety, their name, their preferred pronoun, shower preference, and searches. If the inmate self-identifies as a member of the LGBTQI community, the booking officer will notify the Correctional Facility Shift Supervisor (CFSS) and medical that the form was completed. The CFSS will be responsible for the initial determination of vulnerability using the Sexual Violence Screening Tool and any other available information to decide housing. Whenever an inmate is identified as transgender and/or intersex, the facility multi-disciplinary team will meet within seventy-two hours of the inmate’s arrival or intake and conduct a review in order to assess the on-going and long-term medical, psychological and facility needs of the individual.
Diagnosis
The policy provided doesn’t mention gender dysphoria.
Medicalization
The policy provided doesn’t specifically address medicalization other than to say the “DOC will provide health care to all inmates to the standards outlined in DOC policy 351.4.2 and 351.4.3.”
Requirements for Transfer to Women’s Facility
DOC can house transgender or intersex inmates according to their gender identity rather than their birth sex. In deciding whether to assign a transgender or intersex inmate to a facility for male or female inmates, DOC will consider on a case-by-case basis whether a placement would ensure the inmate’s health and safety, and whether the placement would present management or security problems. If deemed necessary for safety, DOC can place transgender or intersex inmates according to their birth sex to protect their physical and emotional well-being, while assuring the facility’s safety and security. All determinations regarding the housing of a transgender and/or intersex inmate will be made by a management team consisting of the Director of Correctional Facilities; the Health Services Director; the Corrections Case Work Director; and a DOC employee with the ability and knowledge needed to represent LGBTQI interests.
Limits based on type of crime committed?
None stated
Re-Evaluation required?
The multi-disciplinary team will review the determination as necessary but within thirty days of the initial assessment to determine if any adjustments or reconsiderations need to be made. The multi-disciplinary team will review placement and programming assignments for each transgender or intersex inmate shall be reassessed at least twice a year to review any threats to safety experienced by the inmate. With regard to strip searches: If an inmate has undergone a surgical procedure and gender reassignment has occurred, the search will be conducted by the inmate’s current gender status.
Pronoun requirements?
DOC staff will identify inmates by their last name or chosen name, gender, and pronoun identified on the Gender Preference Form.
Merging of “transgender” and intersex categories?
Yes.
