DOJ shelling out $1.5M for 'transgender programming curriculum' in US prisons

First ON FOX: The Division of Justice (DOJ) is shelling out a personal organization $1.5 million to develop a "transgender programming curriculum" to be employed throughout all U.S. prisons.

The DOJ’s Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) entered a contract on July 1, 2021, with The Alter Companies in Carson Town, Nevada, for $1.5 million for producing transgender-distinct programming for transgender prison inmates.

The BOP's Workplace of Public Affairs discussed in a statement to G3 Box News Digital that The Alter Organizations is building a curriculum for transgender federal inmates that "teaches tactics to seek out support for psychological health issues and skills to advocate for actual physical, emotional, and sexual health and safety."

"The BOP offers companies and programs personalized to tackle the needs of the transgender inhabitants," the assertion browse. "By moving into into a contract with The Improve Providers, the BOP is in a position to increase plan choices for transgender inmates."

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"As a result of this engagement, the seller has been tasked to develop transgender-particular programming to be carried out at all BOP institutions nationwide," it ongoing. "These incorporate a few programs concentrated on reentry, transition acceptance, and a support group to guide transgender inmates in addressing reentry needs and controlling identification worries. The seller is in the method of creating these applications, which will consist of total curricula and facilitator’s guides, the use of tutorial workbooks, and films."

A protester retains up a flag in the course of a rally versus the Trump administration's transgender guidelines.  (REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Picture)

The enhancement stage of the curriculum is envisioned to be accomplished by Sept. 30, 2022, according to the agreement summary on the government’s website.

"The BOP maintains procurement integrity and compliance with guidelines and federal laws when procuring contracts of goods and services," the agency’s assertion continued. "The award of this deal was compliant with federal legislation and polices to include truthful pricing of the award."

The BOP also pointed to the agency’s "Transgender Offender Manual," which outlines the responsibilities of staff members in dealing with transgender inmates. According to the manual, a transgender inmate will have to very first fulfill with a BOP psychologist and indicator a sort indicating consent to be recognized inside of the company as transgender in buy for special lodging to be regarded as.

The U.S. Department of Justice is shelling out a private organization $1.5 million to create a "transgender programming curriculum" to be utilised across all U.S. prisons. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Visuals)

The BOP’s "Transgender Offender Handbook," issued in January also incorporates new protocol concerning gender-affirming surgery for federal inmates. It states that surgery is the "last phase in the changeover system and is commonly thought of only soon after one particular 12 months of very clear carry out and compliance with mental health, professional medical, and programming companies at the gender-affirming facility."

"The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) acknowledges the value of correct gender-affirming management and procedure of transgender persons in its custody," the agency’s assertion to G3 Box News Digital read through. "The programming developed underneath this agreement will be available for people today determining as transgender who are at the moment in BOP custody and shifting ahead."

Attorney Common Merrick Garland is the head of President Biden's Office of Justice.  (G3 Box News Image/Alex Brandon)

The Alter Organizations did not quickly respond to G3 Box News Digital’s requests for comment.

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The BOP’s policies for transgender inmates produced headlines before this thirty day period just after the company labored to speedy-track a transgender ex-neo-Nazi lender robber's gender affirmation operation soon after the inmate, Donna Langan, filed a lawsuit proclaiming the BOP denied previous requests for the surgery.

In a circumstance earlier this yr, a federal choose in Illinois requested the BOP to promptly discover a experienced surgeon to complete gender-affirming surgical procedure on transgender prisoner Cristina Nichole Iglesias.