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DOJ having to pay $1.5M for ‘transgender programming curriculum’ in US prisons

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Initially ON FOX: The Division of Justice (DOJ) is having to pay a private business $1.5 million to create a “transgender programming curriculum” to be employed throughout all U.S. prisons.

The DOJ’s Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) entered a agreement on July 1, 2021, with The Transform Corporations in Carson City, Nevada, for $1.5 million for creating transgender-precise programming for transgender prison inmates.

The BOP’s Office environment of Community Affairs discussed in a assertion to Fox News Digital that The Alter Businesses is making a curriculum for transgender federal inmates that “teaches procedures to seek support for mental wellness concerns and abilities to advocate for bodily, psychological, and sexual wellbeing and security.”

“The BOP offers providers and applications personalized to deal with the needs of the transgender population,” the statement read through. “By entering into a contract with The Modify Companies, the BOP is able to grow system choices for transgender inmates.”

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“Through this engagement, the seller has been tasked to acquire transgender-certain programming to be implemented at all BOP establishments nationwide,” it continued. “These contain 3 systems centered on reentry, transition acceptance, and a assistance team to aid transgender inmates in addressing reentry demands and taking care of identity worries. The seller is in the method of generating these applications, which will include complete curricula and facilitator’s guides, the use of tutorial workbooks, and movies.”

A protester retains up a flag in the course of a rally towards the Trump administration’s transgender procedures. 
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The development section of the curriculum is anticipated to be accomplished by Sept. 30, 2022, in accordance to the contract summary on the government’s internet site.

“The BOP maintains procurement integrity and compliance with legislation and federal restrictions when procuring contracts of products and solutions,” the agency’s assertion continued. “The award of this deal was compliant with federal regulation and rules to incorporate truthful pricing of the award.”

The BOP also pointed to the agency’s “Transgender Offender Handbook,” which outlines the responsibilities of workers in handling transgender inmates. In accordance to the manual, a transgender inmate have to to start with meet with a BOP psychologist and signal a type indicating consent to be identified within just the agency as transgender in get for specific accommodations to be considered.

The U.S. Department of Justice is paying a private company $1.5 million to develop a "transgender programming curriculum" to be used across all U.S. prisons.

The U.S. Department of Justice is paying out a non-public firm $1.5 million to establish a “transgender programming curriculum” to be applied across all U.S. prisons.
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The BOP’s “Transgender Offender Handbook,” issued in January also contains new protocol concerning gender-affirming surgical procedure for federal inmates. It states that surgical procedure is the “final stage in the transition course of action and is frequently thought of only just after a person yr of obvious perform and compliance with mental health and fitness, clinical, and programming products and services at the gender-affirming facility.”

“The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) acknowledges the importance of appropriate gender-affirming administration and therapy of transgender people today in its custody,” the agency’s assertion to Fox News Electronic examine. “The programming produced less than this contract will be obtainable for people pinpointing as transgender who are presently in BOP custody and moving ahead.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland is the head of President Biden's Department of Justice. 

Legal professional General Merrick Garland is the head of President Biden’s Department of Justice. 
(AP Photograph/Alex Brandon)

The Adjust Organizations did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.

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The BOP’s policies for transgender inmates produced headlines before this month right after the company labored to speedy-track a transgender ex-neo-Nazi lender robber’s gender affirmation operation following the inmate, Donna Langan, filed a lawsuit professing the BOP denied preceding requests for the surgical treatment.

In a circumstance earlier this 12 months, a federal judge in Illinois requested the BOP to straight away uncover a skilled surgeon to accomplish gender-affirming surgical procedures on transgender prisoner Cristina Nichole Iglesias.

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