Criminal,
Civil Rights
Sep. 22, 2015
Transgender jail policy a major advance
SF recently announced a plan to allow transgender prisoners who identify as female to participate in programs in women's jail.
Sanford Jay Rosen
Partner
Rosen, Bien, Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
101 Mission Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco , CA 94105
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Yale Law School; New Haven CT
Aaron J. Fischer
Law Office of Aaron J. FischerPhone: (510) 806-7366
Email: ajf@aaronfischerlaw.com
On Sept. 10, San Francisco's sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi, announced that transgender prisoners who identify as female will soon be allowed to participate in educational and vocational programming in the women's jail housing facility. By the end of the year, the city plans to house transgender prisoners based on their preferred gender identity, regardless of their gender as assigned at birth. The policy will immediately affect the six transwomen curren...
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