Justice Department Paying $1.5 Million to Develop Transgender-Specific Program in Federal Prisons

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The Department of Justice is paying $1.5 million to implement a โ€œtransgender programming curriculumโ€ across all federal prisons.

The curriculum, which is still in the works with details to be finalized by Sept. 30, will teach โ€œtechniques to seek support for mental health concerns and skills to advocate for physical, emotional, and sexual health and safety,โ€ the office of public affairs for the departmentโ€™s Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) told The Epoch Times in a statement.

Overseeing the programโ€™s development is The Change Companies, a private-owned entity in Carson City, Nevada. Since 2008, it has received $3.4 million in awards from the BOP in the states of Nevada, West Virginia, California, and Kansas. The July 2021 contract of $1.5 million for transgender-specific programming was one of the largest from the federal agency to date.

The BOP โ€œrecognizes the importance of appropriate gender-affirming management and treatment of transgender individuals in its custody,โ€ the BOP statement read. โ€œBy entering into a contract with The Change Companies, the BOP is able to expand program offerings for transgender inmates.โ€

A total of 1,414โ€”accounting for a little less than 1 percent of the 158,033 federal inmates under the BOPโ€™s chargeโ€”currently identify as transgender, according to data provided by a BOP public affairs spokesperson.

The curriculum will involve three programs, which will include assistance to help inmates transition back into society, and a support group โ€œaddressing reentry needs and managing identity concerns,โ€ the BOP said, adding that the programs will contain โ€œfull curricula and facilitatorโ€™s guides, the use of instructional workbooks, and videos.โ€

The agency stressed that it โ€œmaintains procurement integrity and compliance with laws and federal regulations when procuring contracts of goods and services.โ€

โ€œThe award of this contract was compliant with federal law and regulations to include fair pricing of the award,โ€ it continued.

Byย Eva Fu

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