New Delhi: Sharing suggestions with all states and the United States regarding how to ensure transgender security that lodged in prison and protection of all forms of exploitation, the home ministry has proposed a separate creation of cages or wards for Trans-Man and transplants of women in prison Separate from the cage of men and women, ensuring that this does not isolate them completely or spread any social stigma.
In a letter sent to all the Secretary of the Head of State, the UT and DGPS and IGPS administrators on Monday, the Ministry of the House showed that there must be adequate preservation of the right of the privacy and dignity of the transgender with respect to separate toilets and shower facilities for Trans-Man and transmanship trans -Women.
Advice on Treatment and Treatment Transgender People in prisons aimed at bringing infrastructure in prisons and correctional facilities in line with the provisions of the Transgender Act (Rights Protection), 2019, and rules framed below.
The law guarantees transgender – the gender does not match the sex assigned to them at birth, people with intersex variations or people who have socio-cultural identity such as ‘kinnar’, ‘Hijra’ etc.
– recognition of their choice of gender identity , prohibit discrimination and access to the state-sponsored welfare measures.
Request the identity of the transgender people to be respected in connection with prison acceptance procedures, medical examinations, searches, lodging, clothing and care or care in prison, MHA suggests that the prison department from each state / UTS facilitate the process of obtaining a transgender identity certificate If the request is received, by registering it on the online national portal for transgender people.
Not only the transgender identity option must be included in the list of imprisonment and electronic prison management systems, but the Ministry of Rumah indicates that a transgender prisoner is only sought after by someone from their chosen gender or by a trained medical professional.
The privacy and dignity of the Transgender people who are being sought must be maintained, including strip searches only in private spaces, and procedures must be limited to respect the security protocol and contraband restrictions, and do not aim to determine the gender of the person.
MHA said transgender prisoners must have the same rights as health care, without discrimination about the reasons for their gender identity.
Such prisoners, he added, must be allowed opportunities to interact with family members, relatives, friends and legal counsel and planning after treatment with trial, welfare or rehabilitation officers.
Importantly, the Ministry of Home has been seeking training and sensitization of prison personnel for developing an understanding of gender identity, gender divorce, human rights, sexual orientation and legal framework for transgender people.
A similar awareness must also be distributed between other detainees, it is recommended.