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| SF implements new policies for treatment of transgender inmates |
| By sfexaminer.com- Brendan P. Bartholomew |
| Published: 03/31/2017 |
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For members of the transgender community, arrest and incarceration can be especially traumatic. Reports have surfaced of authorities acting openly hostile toward inmates’ identities, and transgender women who are classified as male and housed in men’s jails say they face even greater safety and privacy concerns. But San Francisco officials are hoping to turn the tide on such challenges faced by transgender inmates, and last month the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department and Board of Supervisors announced sweeping improvements to how transgender arrestees and jail inmates are handled. For starters, the Sheriff’s Department and San Francisco Police Department collaborated to develop updated field arrest cards that allow arrested individuals to state what pronouns they use, their chosen name [which, for transgender people, is sometimes different from the name on their state-issued ID] and whether they prefer to be searched by a male or female officer. Read More. |
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