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Lawmakers hear proposal on medical care and housing for transgender incarcerated people
Summary
A sponsor asked the committee to consider statutory steps to improve medical care and housing processes for transgender people in state custody after hearing from an incarcerated trans-identified woman; members asked DOC to explain current vetting, flagged risks of misuse, and agreed to invite the woman and DOC witnesses to testify.
A sponsor told the House Corrections and Institutions Committee on Jan. 8 that a bill prompted by a trans-identified woman named Kalani would address medical and mental-health care and housing policies for transgender people in state custody.
The sponsor said Kalani spent about 15–16 years in men’s facilities and in out-of-state placements before returning to Vermont for the year prior to release, and that she raised concerns about access to appropriate medical care while…
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