Managing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Offenders
Sheriff › Vol. 60 Nbr. 4, July 2008
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Summary
The changing of the times is reflected in a report to the National Institute of Corrections on "Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Intersex Populations." Beyond that there is an emerging agenda within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community regarding the management, supervision and housing of this population. cases pushing through the courts all over the country are addressing the provision of hormonal medications to transgender offenders, the continuation of transgender-specific medical procedures, and gender awareness issues in areas such as housing and searches. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4* Edition (DSM-IV), "gender identity disorder" is persistent and strong cross-gender identification.
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Managing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Offenders
The call came from booking, "You got to get down here and see this woman being booked! She is a '10' if I ever saw one!" OfF to booking and sure enough there's a female Officer pat frisking a stunning '10'. Everything's fine until the search hits the crotch. By the look on the officer's face something is amiss, or more accurately something is a-present. OfF to the strip search room where diere is a shocking discovery: this is no woman, at least not in the conventional sense. But wait, from the waist up she looks like woman, then again from the waist down a man. Needless to say this generated discussion on where are we going to put this person, who is going to do the searches, and what about the hormones "she" needs? This was to be our first major exposure to transgender/transsexual offende...
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