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Grand jury urges changes to transgender housing and education in county jails; sheriff disputes some findings
Summary
The civil grand jury's report on educational parity in San Francisco jails recommended moving transgender inmates into housing aligned with their gender and sought specific disciplinary rules and gender-awareness training; Sheriff Hennessy argued the jail provides living pods and training and cited architectural and capacity constraints. The committee filed the report and asked for policy documents and follow-up.
The Government Audit & Oversight Committee heard the 2016–17 civil grand jury report "Educational Parity in Custody: Ensuring Equality of Women's Education in the San Francisco Jail System" and debated recommendations focused on education services, data collection and the treatment of transgender inmates.
Grand jury member Ray Rauchi told the committee that while educational services such as the 5 Keys Charter School "for the most part met the needs of female inmates," the jury found gaps in training for deputies, in data collection on educational outcomes, and in housing that in practice places some transgender inmates in a separate holding pod rather than in the general population aligned with their gender. Rauchi said the holding-pod practice conflicts with guidance from the PREA Resource Center and urged the committee to recommend drafting legislation or a compliance order — a…
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