DoJ guidelines clarified 2012 regulations requiring prisons to consider gender identity of transgender inmates, who are far more prone to violence and abuse The US Department of Justice released new 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 have required
Correctional Facilities Must Consider Placement by Gender Identity in Every Case Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., March 24, 2016 — The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) and Just Detention International (JDI) applaud new federal guidance on housing transgender prisoners under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The new guidance, posted online today by the National PREA Resource
Human Rights Watch finds pervasive abuse in ICE detention centers, including repeated strip-searches, despite efforts to protect vulnerable population Transgender inmates detained in US immigration facilities are at high risk of being sexually assaulted, repeatedly strip-searched and held indefinitely in solitary confinement, according to a study released on Wednesday by the advocacy group Human Rights
