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ICE Detention Facility Contract Modification for Transgender Care [Santa Ana ,Tail FACILITY/ will comply with, the following requirements related to the care and custody of transgender detainees: Transgender Care 1) Intake: Upon arrival at the detention facility, intake personnel shall review the detainee's record and documentation. If the record indicates the detainee's gender identity differs from his /her biological sex, intake personnel shall only ask questions related to gender identity when such information is necessary to ensure the safety and security of other detainees and staff. In addition, the facility shall ensure that sensitive information, such as the detainee's gender identity, is not used to the detainee's detriment by facility personnel or other detainees. a) Intake personnel shall accurately record the detainee as transgender. The detainee shall be treated as a protective custody detainee for the duration of the intake process. b) The detainee shall be temporarily housed (i.e., in a location away from the general . population, to include in a medical unit or protective custody) until classification, housing, and other needs can be assessed by a Transgender Classification and Care Committee as delineated below. When feasible, the facility will initiate the review process within 72 hours (excluding holidays, and exigent circumstances and not to exceed 10 calendar days. In particular, placement into administrative segregation due to a detainee's identification as transgender should be used only as a last resort and when no other viable housing options exist. 2) Transgender Classification and Care Committee a) The facility shalt create and operate a Transgender Classification and Care Committee (- I'CCC). b) In facilities staffed by the ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC): i) The TCCC shall be comprised of a dedicated facility medical representative, facility mental health representative, a facility classification supervisor, the Enforcement and Removal Operations (FRO) Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Field Liaison, and a supervisory representative designated by the Field Office Director (FOD) (the supervisory representative from the ERO FOD can be the ERO LGBTI Field Liaison). ii) The TCCC may utilize remote 'forms of communication (i.e., phone or video - teleconference) to facilitate meetings and other activities. c) For facilities not staffed by IHSC: i) The TCCC shall include the IHSC Field Medical Coordinator (FMC), in addition to a dedicated facility medical representative, a facility mental health representative, I11,:1 Z 25D -5