Evaluation
Staff will interview inmates regarding their sex and gender identity only when necessary to develop information for making appropriate intake and housing assignments, classification assignments, programming assignments; to provide healthcare and health assessments; and as necessary for the inmate’s health or safety, or for the safe, secure, and orderly operation of the facility. An inmate who identifies as transgender or intersex during intake processing will be assigned to a single cell in the Infirmary, until the appropriate housing for the inmate has been staffed by the Transgender lntersex Committee.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis of Gender Dysphoria not addressed or required for accommodation or transfer requests.
Medicalization
Not addressed in policy.
Requirements for Transfer to Women’s Facility
The Transgender and lntersex Committee will collect and review relevant information regarding inmates who identify as transgender or intersex (including but not limited to the inmate’s physical sexual characteristics, gender identification, physical presentation, behavior and programming needs) and make appropriate facility and housing assignment decisions on a case-by-case basis. If an inmate identifies as transgender or intersex after being assigned to a facility, staff will notify the Contract Health Provider (CHP) and the PREA Compliance Manager at the receiving facility. The PREA Compliance Manager will notify the Transgender and lntersex Committee and gather information for the Transgender and lntersex Committee’s review.
Limits based on type of crime committed?
None identified
Re-Evaluation required?
No requirements for reevaluation in policy
Pronoun requirements?
Not addressed in policy
Merging of “transgender” and intersex categories?
No
