DoJ guidelines clarified 2012 regulations requiring prisons to consider gender identity of transgender inmates,who are far more prone to violence and abuseThe US Department of Justice released modern guidelines Thursday prohibiting corrections agencies from placing transgender inmates into men’s or women’s units solely based on their anatomy at birth.
Federal regulations own required prisons and jails to consider transgender inmates’ gender identity since 2012 – and those prisoners’ views on where they would feel safest. However, most agencies continue to own blanket policies or practices that put inmates in cells based on their genitalia.
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Source: theguardian.com