The Biden administration has restored guidelines requiring federal prisons to consider the safety of transgender people when deciding where to house them, a policy the Trump administration rescinded in 2018. The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has reissued its Transgender Offender Manual, which once again includes the Obama-era policy, Kristie Breshears, chief of public affairs for the agency, confirmed in a statement. Under Trump, transgender people in federal prisons were housed based on sex assigned at birth alone. Biden’s policy builds off the Obama-era guidance and goes a step further, requiring prison staff to use a transgender person’s lived name and pronouns. BOP said in a statement, “After reviewing our policy regarding transgender inmates, we have made several updates to meet the community standard of medical and mental health care, appropriately manage and support the offenders, and meet legal requirements as determined by case law, statutes, and federal regulations."
Biden White House Releases New Trans Federal Prison Policy
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