Existing law requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to adopt regulations prescribing certain standards for the supervision, custody, care, security, housing and medical and mental health treatment of offenders who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex. (NRS 209.358) Section 1 of this bill similarly requires the sheriff, chief of police or town marshal responsible for the operation of a county, city or town jail or detention facility to develop and implement a policy concerning the supervision, custody, care, security, housing and medical and mental health treatment of prisoners who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex.
Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department to develop and implement a program of facility training for the correctional staff in each institution and facility of the Department, which includes training in cultural competency for interacting with offenders who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex. (NRS 209.1315) Section 1 likewise authorizes the sheriff, chief of police or town marshal responsible for the operation of a county, city or town jail or detention facility to develop and implement training for members of the staff of the jail or detention facility in cultural competency for interacting with prisoners who are transgender, gender non-conforming, gender non-binary and intersex.