Missouri
STATE
III. PROCEDURES:
A. RECEPTION AND DIAGNOSTIC
1. If the gender of the offender is unknown at the time of intake, staff members shall not search the offender for the sole purpose of determining the offender’s genital status. Privacy considerations must be afforded to transgender and intersex offenders.
a. Genital status may be determined during conversations with the offender, reviewing medical records, or if necessary, through a broader medical examination conducted in private by the appropriate health care staff members.
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B. TRANSGENDER COMMITTEE
1. Each institution shall have a transgender committee to make informed recommendations regarding the health and safety of transgender and intersex offenders.
2. The transgender committee shall meet with the offender within 10 working days of either the offender’s arrival to the facility or upon learning the offender’s transgender or intersex status and every 6 months thereafter.
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3. Following the initial ITC meeting, the ICMHS or designee will:
a. Meet with the offender to discuss health and safety needs related to the offender’s transgender or intersex status;
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4. Within 10 working days of the meeting with the offender, the transgender committee review form shall be completed and forwarded to the transgender review team.
a. The transgender committee review shall include the following:
. . . (5) Review of programming assignments and accommodation needs; (6) Need for showering accommodations; and (7) The transgender committee’s recommendations.
5. Within 10 working days of receiving the transgender committee review form the transgender review team shall complete the review and approve the recommendations as submitted, or with modifications to the PREA site coordinator.
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C. INSTITUTIONAL PROTOCOLS
1. Housing assignments for transgender and intersex offenders shall be made in accordance with the institutional services procedure regarding offender housing assignments.
a. Offenders are not to be placed in restrictive housing solely based on gender identity or intersex status.
III. PROCEDURES:
A. HOUSING ASSIGNMENT CRITERIA
1. Offender housing assignments shall be made in an individualized, nondiscriminatory manner and not be made based on race, religion, nationality, political belief or sexual orientation.
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C. TRANSGENDER HOUSING ASSIGNMENTS:
1. The transgender committee is responsible for determining a permanent housing assignment for each transgender or intersex offender, and prior to this assignment shall meet with each offender to determine his vulnerability within the general population and length of time living as the acquired gender.
2. Transgender and intersex housing assignments shall not be made based solely on genitalia but must consider the offender’s health and safety and the security of the facility through a review of the respective classification, medical and mental health records.
b. Housing assignment for transgender and intersex offenders will be made in accordance with the institutional services and probation and parole procedures regarding housing assignments.
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2. Housing, cell, bed, education, and programming assignments shall be individualized utilizing the adult internal risk assessment with the goal of keeping separate those offenders identified at high risk of sexual victimization from offenders assessed at high risk of being sexually abusive. This shall be in accordance with the institutional services procedures regarding offender housing assignments, transgender and intersex offenders, offender recreation and activities, and probation and parole procedures regarding community supervision centers, the community release center, and contracted residential facilities.