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PURPOSE This sets forth the Santa Ana City Jail's ( "SACJ ") policy with respect to housing, classifications, searches, privacy, and interactions with transgender people in custody to ensure that members of the Department can interact with this community in an appropriate, respectful and unbiased manner. It will also ensure compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and its implementing regulations, the National Standards to Prevent, Detect, and Respond to Prison Rape ( "PREA Standards").' A. TRAINING To prevent abuse of and discrimination against transgender people in SACJ's custody, all Department staff (including officers) shall receive robust, comprehensive training on an annual basis on this policy and transgender awareness and safety. Staff will be trained to ask culturally appropriate and respectful questions, to treat transgender people respectfully, and to refer to transgender people by their preferred names and pronouns. SACJ shall implement full training for staff on this policy and other matters related to the transgender community in Santa Ana. Trainings shall be led or co- facilitated in meaningful part by members of the LGBT community and by organizations knowledgeable about these issues and communities. Training on transgender issues shall be incorporated throughout all staff trainings, including Searches Training and Cultural Sensitivity Training. Staff shall receive 8 hours of training specifically on transgender issues and shorter "refresher" trainings as needed and at a minimum of once annually. To ensure culturally competent, accurate, and effective training content, SACJ will hire, in consultation with the Orange County LGBT Center, an independent evaluator who shall evaluate implementation of this policy during the initial phase of implementation. The independent evaluator shall provide a report on training effectiveness and recommendations for improvement within one year of this policy's enactment. Funding for training and evaluation shall come from the SACJ's current budget. B. ACCURATE TERMINOLOGY Gender means attitudes, feelings, characteristics, and behaviors that a given culture associates with being male or female and that are often labeled as "masculine" or 28 C.F.R. § 115. The U.S. Department of Justice has posted anew FAQ to provide guidance stating that "Any written policy or actual practice that assigns transgender or intersex inmates to gender - specific facilities, housing units, or programs based solely on their external genital anatomy violates the standard. (Standard 115.42(e) )." Seelittp : / /www.prearesoureecenter .org/node /3927units, or programs based solely on their external genital anatomy violates the standard. (Standard 115.42(e) )." See http : / /www.prearesoureecenter.org /node /3927 65B -26