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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][url]https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1437969/25520?eType=ActivityDefinitionInstance&eId=fd807951-1c50-4541-9f8c-8d8b0538846f[/url]

It looks like Maryland is considering legislation that would allow any inmate the ability to choose if they will be housed with males or females. So this means if a man is imprisoned for sexual assault, he can identify as female and be incarcerated with female inmates?  I support LBGT causes but it seems unfair to expose female prisoners to men who may be violent or sexual predators.

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The bill does literally none of thse things.  Here's the synopsis, from the link you provided:

[quote]Prohibiting an employee of a correctional facility from discriminating against inmates on the basis of certain protected classes; requiring the managing official of a correctional facility to develop a written nondiscrimination policy regarding inmates; and establishing certain requirements for correctional facilities relating to the gender identity of inmates and inmates who are transgender, nonbinary, or intersex.[/quote][/quote]

I don't think we are reading the same thing. Have you read the bill text? Please read the bill text and then respond. The text says that an[i] inmate shall be housed at a facility for men or women based on the inmates preference [/i]and that the [i]department may not deny search or housing preferences based on anatomy.[/i] [/quote]
This is one of those "good intentions gone wrong" bill, like California's 3 strikes bill.  That was a disaster, too (I'm originally CA).[/quote]

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