THE POLICY LANDSCAPE

Rights, restrictions & the places between.

Sources retrieved

Trans Policy Atlas data: Transitics' CATPALM (built by Aleksandra Vaca, a member of the Trans Data Initiative team) and the team's own research.

COLLECTION

Incarceration

Prison placement consistent with gender identity

50 states + D.C.

State correctional policy, including case-by-case review and segregation requirements.

Alabama: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseAlaska: Placement According To Biological SexArizona: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseArkansas: Placement Determined Case-By-Case (De Facto Placement According To Biological Sex); Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityCalifornia: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestColorado: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestConnecticut: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseDelaware: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseDistrict of Columbia: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestFlorida: Placement Determined Case-By-Case (De Facto Placement According To Biological Sex); Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityGeorgia: Placement Determined Case-By-Case (De Facto Placement According To Biological Sex; Blocked)Hawaii: Placement Determined By Legal Gender or Case-By-CaseIdaho: Placement Determined Case-By-Case; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender Identity (Blocked)Illinois: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestIndiana: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseIowa: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseKansas: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseKentucky: Placement Determined Case-By-Case (De Facto Placement According To Biological Sex)Louisiana: Placement Determined Case-By-Case; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityMaine: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestMaryland: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseMassachusetts: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseMichigan: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseMinnesota: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestMississippi: Placement Determined Case-By-Case; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityMissouri: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseMontana: Placement Determined Case-By-Case; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender Identity (Blocked)Nebraska: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon Gender-Affirming Surgery (Not Provided)Nevada: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseNew Hampshire: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseNew Jersey: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestNew Mexico: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseNew York: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestNorth Carolina: Placement Determined Case-By-Case (De Facto Placement According To Biological Sex)North Dakota: Placement According To Sex On Government IDOhio: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseOklahoma: Placement Determined Case-By-Case; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityOregon: Placement Determined Case-By-CasePennsylvania: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseRhode Island: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseSouth Carolina: Placement Determined Case-By-Case (De Facto Placement According To Biological Sex)South Dakota: Placement Determined Case-By-Case; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityTennessee: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseTexas: Placement According To Biological SexUtah: Placement According To Biological Sex With Limited Exceptions; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityVermont: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseVirginia: Placement Determined Case-By-CaseWashington: Placement According To Gender Identity Upon RequestWest Virginia: Placement Determined Case-By-Case; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityWisconsin: Placement According To Gender Identity After One Year of Hormone TherapyWyoming: Placement Determined Case-By-Case; Trans Inmates Segregated If Placed According to Gender IdentityALAKAZCOFLGAINKSMEMNNCNDOKPASDTXWYMOWVILNMARCAHIIAKYMIMSMTNHNYOHORTNUTVAWAWINESCIDNVVTLAMARICTNJDEMDDC
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Access / protection recognized9
Conditions / barriers24
Restriction reported15
Court limits reported3
Colors summarize the source’s description. Court limits, age and setting matter; read the state details. Territories are available in the state selector.

A record is what a source reported on the date it was captured, not a legal effective date. An unobserved record is not a finding that no restrictions exist.