Cabán presses DOC on criteria for 106 gender-aligned housing denials
Cabán asks what specific criteria accounted for 106 denials out of 231 gender-aligned housing applications. Colon lists factors including stated gender identity, security concerns, mental health, and classification, but says she does not have a breakdown of gender-based violence findings.
Can you talk about the specific criteria that accounted for the 106 denials?
out of the 231 applications for gender-aligned housing?
Yes, so when a placement decision is being made, there's a number of factors that are considered.
One is the individual's stated gender identity, as well as their preferred placement, SCU, gender-aligned housing, et cetera.
With that, there's also overriding security and management concerns that are factored in.
And I'm sorry, just to interrupt, because I have limited time.
What specific criteria accounted for the denials?
We're aware of what the factors are, but which factors accounted for the denials, 106 denials?
Well, I think that that's what all of these factors are.
Put in place on a case-by-case basis.
So if we're talking about, let's say, the overriding security and management concerns, pre-screening information, mental health or medical concerns, classification, all of these things may be factors based on somebody's housing place.
So of the 106 denials then, how many involve a finding that the individual presented a current danger of committing gender-based violence, which is the standard recommended by the task force?
Yes, I actually specifically don't have the gender-based violence indicator number for you, so I just want to be transparent.
Can you get it?
Yeah.
Great.
That would be great.
And then if DOC relied on other grounds for denying the applications, other grounds outside of the current danger for committing gender-based violence,
I'm assuming you don't have a breakdown of what those grounds were.
Is that correct?
No, not at all.
In the context of what we have to give you today.
So I would also ask for those numbers.
I think it's really important to get a sense of, you know, what other factors are serving as the basis for denying placement of cisgender people in gender-aligned facilities.
I mean...
The DOC is essentially continuing to use criteria that's inconsistent with the task force's recommendations.
And obviously when you provide that information, you know, appropriately redacted, but we want to see it.
From there,