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Transgender Immigrant Issues
·It has been recorded that transgender detainees have requested hormones, yet were never provided with such hormones while in private detention centers. ·The SPLC found that transgender detainees are not receiving adequate mental healthcare while being held within these private facilities ·Investigations of conditions under which queer detainees (LGBT) live in has resulted in findings suggesting that these individuals do not receive adequate protection and care .Many LGBT detainees not only report a lack of provided hormonal care; they are subjects of abuse by other detained immigrants and the guards of these private facilities. ·The SPLC has conducted a thorough investigation on the living conditions of these private institutions, and have suggested that transgender detainees who had previously been subjected to hormonal therapies, should be allowed to continue these hormonal therapies while in detention centers. ·The SPLC suggests that transgender immigrants that are in private detention centers should be searched under conditions to which they feel the most comfortable

Source to cite: https://www.splcenter.org/20161121/shadow-prison-immigrant-detention-south