Alabama

STATE

Policy: State of Alabama Department of Corrections Administrative Regulation No. 454, Inmate Sexual Abuse And Harassment (Prison Rape Elimination Act [PREA]), effective Jan. 4, 2016.

H. The Warden/Director is responsible for: … 5. Ensuring any LGBTI inmate’s health and safety are considered, on a case-by-case basis, in making housing and program assignments in regards to management and security.
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F. Intake Procedures. All ADOC facilities shall adhere to the following intake procedures when processing all inmates into all ADOC facilities:

1. All inmates, at initial intake, shall be screened within 72 hours utilizing ADOC Form 454-C, PREA Risk Factors Checklist, for potential risk of sexual vulnerability and potential risk of sexual aggression.
2. Upon transfer to another facility, all inmates shall be screened within 72 hours utilizing ADOC Form 454-C, PREA Risk Factors Checklist, for potential risk of sexual vulnerability and potential risk of sexual aggression.
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9. Use of Screening Information

a. All information obtained during the screening process and PREA Mental Health Assessment shall be used to assist in the initial classification and institutional assignment of the inmate as well as determine work, education, and programs, in accordance with the ADOC Classification Manual, AR 433, Administrative Segregation and Housing for Close or Maximum Custody, and AR 435, Protective Custody, with the goal of keeping separate those inmates at high-risk of being sexually victimized from those at high-risk of being sexually abusive.
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c. ADOC shall not place LGBTI inmates in a dedicated facility, unit, or dorm solely on the basis of such identification or status.
d. Placement and programming assignments for each transgender or intersex inmate shall be reassessed at least twice each year by the IPCM to review any threats to safety experienced by the inmate.
e. A transgender or intersex inmate’s own views with respect to his or her own safety shall be given serious consideration.
f. In deciding whether to assign a transgender or intersex inmate to a facility for male or female inmates, and in making other housing and programming assignments, ADOC shall consider on a case-by-case basis whether the placement would ensure the inmate’s health and safety, and whether the placement would present management or security problems.
g. Transgender and intersex inmates shall be given the opportunity to shower separately from other inmates.

Policy: State of Alabama Department of Corrections Administrative Regulation No. 637, Gender Dysphoria, effective May 9, 2018.

It is the policy of the ADOC to appropriately diagnose, treat, and manage inmates with Gender Dysphoria in a humane, safe, correctional environment, sensitive to their unique adjustment needs.