Oklahoma

1. State Policy: Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Management of Gender Nonconforming Inmates, April 2016
2. Language;
   1. Health services staff will not determine housing assignments for gender nonconforming inmates, unless the determination is for medical or mental health reasons.
   2. If a gender nonconforming inmate is placed in a single cell until proper housing can be determined, the health services staff may make housing recommendations to the facility head, after any necessary medical and/or mental health assessments have been completed.
   3. Cases requiring more extensive review will be submitted to the PIARA.
   4. Self-inflicted genital mutilation will not constitute surgical reassignment therapy and will not qualify an inmate for placement in a facility for inmates of the opposite sex from the inmate’s birth sex.

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