Quote Originally Posted by eddiememphis View Post
None of the responses address my question.

What is the DOC to do LEGALLY?

I would think putting an 18 year old girl, regardless of her self perceived gender, into a men's prison would be at the very least, dangerous.

They would open themselves up to a lawsuit when violence happens.

And what precedent would it set for future cases?

A man facing time in a federal maximum security institution could claim he's a lady inside and be sent to a women's prison.
Legally they will place Her in a SHU in a female prison. I use SHU as that's all i can remember from what's it's called in CA DOC. Special Housing Unit. For the trans, queer, openly gay prisoners. Including those with aids/hiv. Both in male & female prisons. What they call it in CO, who knows?
Option B would be housed in an isolation unit. But i believe each state has a specific name for that section.

However, all people like that are segregated from genpop.


Other than that, shims on her own. Like any other housing section in the joint. It's survival of the fittest.


Of course a 2 min web search has plenty of info on said subject
https://www.quora.com/What-happens-t...re-they-put-in