Allegheny County Jail LGBTQ policies

[josh-chamberlain]

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We want to make a recommendation to the Allegheny County Jail about LGBTQ individuals and their pod. Currently trans individuals are held in solitary confinement. DeKalb County, GA and at least one jail in LA have decent policies about detaining LGBTQ people, and we would like to compare those with current ACJ policies and realities.

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Allegheny County Jail

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[josh-chamberlain]

• The ACJ’s only policy about LGBTQ issues covers transgender and intersex people. (source) (segregated housing reports for solitary confinement context)

• The policies from the LA sheriff’s department start on page 1745 and seem relatively recent

• We weren’t able to find policies specific to DeKalb’s jail, but they did pass a non-discrimination ordinance with language for sexual orientation and gender identity.