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British Columbia Announces Transgender Inmate Housing Policy

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VICTORIA, B.C. — British Columbia Corrections, headquartered in Victoria, recently announced it will now base inmate housing decisions on an inmate’s gender identity, a shift from the old policy of housing inmates according to physical or birth gender.

Designing for Special-Needs Inmates

July 29, 2009January 7, 2010 6833 Views Economy, inmate housing, Justice Department, Product of the Month

In 2005, an exploratory team was formed at Washington County Jail in Hillsboro, Ore., to develop and evaluate a more effective housing solution for vulnerable or at-risk inmates. Based on the findings of the pilot study of the Special Needs Pod program, the SNP is now a permanent fixture at the jail.