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The Biden administration spent nearly $1.5 million to produce a
"transgender programming curriculum" for inmates held in the
nation's 122 federal prisons.

The Justice Department disbursed the funds for a consulting firm
to develop a program to help transgender inmates "manage
identity concerns during incarceration" and advocate for their
"sexual health and safety," according to a government summary of
the contract. The contract also asks the firm to develop a
program to help transgender inmates access hormone treatment
after they are released.

There are only about 1,200 transgender individuals serving
sentences in federal prisons, according to a 2021 Department of
Justice estimate, meaning the Biden administration spent roughly
$1,250 per transgender prisoner. That is more than the $1,200
checks Americans received during the first round of COVID-19
stimulus payments.

The Justice Department's $1,496,500 contract is part of
President Joe Biden's larger, controversial effort to promote
transgenderism�even among minors. The Justice Department in
March sent a letter to all state attorneys general warning them
against restricting transgender hormone treatment for children.
That same month, Biden's State Department announced it would
allow individuals to select "X" as their gender when completing
passport applications. The administration also released updated
guidelines in January that make it easier for transgender
inmates to be placed in facilities that match their "gender
identity."

Following a district court ruling last month, a convicted
terrorist is set to become the first transgender inmate to
receive federally funded sex-reassignment surgery, the
Washington Free Beacon reported. The American Civil Liberties
Union, a Biden administration ally, waged the successful legal
battle on behalf of Cristina Iglesias, who in 2005 mailed fake
anthrax to British government office buildings.

The Biden administration's push for transgender accommodations
in federal prisons comes amid a spike in sexual assaults
committed by biologically male inmates in women's prisons.
Female prisoners have sued state governments, citing sexual
assault concerns, in an attempt to keep male-to-female
transgender inmates in men's prisons.

The funds were first disbursed in 2021 to Nevada-based
consulting firm Change Companies, and the contract runs through
September of this year. The firm, which creates educational
materials for correctional facilities, did not respond to a
request for comment.

The Justice Department told the Free Beacon it "recognizes the
importance of appropriate gender-affirming management and
treatment of transgender individuals in its custody." The
department did not respond to a request for comment on whether
any of the programs have been implemented in federal prisons.

Justice Department officials recommended that the firm draw on
research from left-wing advocacy groups, such as the National
Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), to guide its work. The
NCTE dubbed former president Donald Trump's White House the
"Discrimination Administration" and supports Democrats' Equality
Act, which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of "gender
identity." The organization also launched a politically oriented
"action fund" in 2017, which has exclusively endorsed Democratic
candidates.

The Justice Department programs appear to align with the
agency's most recent guidelines on transgender prisoners. The
guidelines, released earlier this year, prohibit prison staff
from referring to inmates by biologically accurate pronouns if
they identify as transgender. The document defines gender as "a
construct" based on "social identity, psychological identity,
and human behavior."

Published under: Biden Administration, Department of Justice,
Prison, Transgender

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-admin-drops-1-
5-million-on-transgender-programming-for-inmates/