United Nations Development Programme

Keywords: Best Practices; Juvenile Justice; Policy; PREA; Research; Secure Facilities; Transgender Youth 

The report explores good practices in management of transgender prisoners focusing in more than ten countries and jurisdictions. More than 100 documents were reviewed and analysed, looking at policies and practices relevant to transgender prisoners, including data, identification of transgender individuals, use of names and pronouns, escorting, housing, body searches, access to showers and bathrooms, access to clothes and personal commodities, confidentiality, access to health services, access to hormones, access to gender-affirming surgery, access to HIV services, access to psychosocial support, access to complaints mechanisms, transgender committees and staff training. 

Many of the issues presented in this report challenge the fundamental principles underpinning the rigid, binary cis normative environment that defines the modern correctional system in place virtually everywhere. Based on the good practices identified through the literature review, a number of targeted recommendations are proposed to encourage governments and prison authorities to align their policies and practices with evidence of good practices. [Summary from resource.] 

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Mapping of Good Practices for the Management of Transgender Prisoners