Missouri
- Policy: Missouri Department of Corrections Department Procedural Manual D1.8.13
- Language:
- Housing assignments for transgender or intersex offenders 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.
- The transgender or intersex offender’s own views with respect to his safety shall be given serious consideration when determining housing.
- Transgender or intersex offenders shall be offered the opportunity to shower separately from other offenders.
“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky
American University Washington College of Law, Project Addressing Prison Rape