Calif. Passes Bill To Protect Transgender Inmates
SACRAMENTO (CBS 5 / AP) ― The state Assembly has passed a bill requiring prison authorities to consider inmates’ gender identity when making housing decisions.
San Francisco Democrat Tom Ammiano said his bill is needed because studies show gay and transgender inmates are vulnerable to physical and sexual assaults behind bars.
He told fellow lawmakers his bill was a way to reduce prison violence. It now heads to the state Senate.
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