Associated Press reports. The inmates then can request to be placed in either a men’s or a women’s facility.The Department of Corrections can deny a request based on “management or security concerns,” the law states, but not simply because of a prisoner’s anatomy.
And if the request is denied, the state must put its reasons in writing and give the inmate an opportunity to challenge the decision.Until now, California has housed most prisoners according to the gender they were assigned at birth, something that often puts trans women in danger.The new law “means a lot to me and my sisters,” Michelle Calvin, a transgender woman incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison, said in a conference call with the AP and other news outlets. “I’ve been in.