CHRISTIAN POST/ Ryan Foley-
The United States Department of Justice has unveiled new guidance allowing male inmates at federal prisons to be housed with female prisoners.
The DOJ’s Federal Bureau of Prisons outlined changes to the “Transgender Offender Manual” in a 14-page document released Jan. 13. The stated purpose of the update is to “ensure the Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) properly identifies, tracks, and provides services to the transgender population.”
Specifically, the changes remove language inserted into the “Transgender Offender Manual” by the Trump administration. The Trump administration required the Transgender Executive Council to “use biological sex as the initial determination for designation” of trans-identified inmates. According to the Trump administration’s approach, implemented in 2018, “the designation to a facility of the inmate’s identified gender would be appropriate only in rare cases.”
The aforementioned language has since been removed from the “Transgender Offender Manual.” Additional language removed from the manual includes a statement declaring that “training materials and current information on the management of transgender inmates” will “include information concerning best practices for maintaining the safety of transgender inmates, while also ensuring security and good order in Federal prisons and the safety of staff, inmates, and the public.” Continue reading…
