American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Keywords: Best Practices; Juvenile Justice; Mental Health; Transgender Youth; Secure Facilities 

This brief policy statement from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) explains that the AACAP “opposes all discrimination based on gender identity” and makes several recommendations for appropriately caring for transgender youth in juvenile justice and other correctional systems. Recommendations include that “detention and corrections staff [should] classify and house all youth consistent with their gender identity, as the youth defines it” and that “transgender youth should be referred to by their preferred pronoun and name.”

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Policy Statement: Transgender Youth in Juvenile Justice and other Correctional Systems