The concept of establishing a jail solely for transgender prisoners has actually been dismissed as unwise by the Corrections Department, which states other procedures remain in play to accommodate them.
Department director-general Korbkiat Kasiwiwat stated such prisoners represent simply 1% of the overall prisoner population of 300,000 across the country, so there was no requirement to establish different jails for them.
He stated calls were produced transgender prisoners to be organized in unique locations or put in a different jail out of regard for their varied sexuality.
Nevertheless, unique zones have actually been designated to house them in jails where their numbers are big enough to validate this.
These consist of Minutes Buri Jail, Klongprem Central Jail and the Pattaya Provincial Jail, according to Mr Korbkiat.
The department chief stated warders prioritise the security of prisoners and aim to secure transgenders from unwanted sexual advances when behind bars.
Transferring them to jails with a various or less ideal environment might have a negative mental impact on them, he stated.
Likewise, if they are moved far from their house provinces it might hinder their households’ efforts to visit them, the department stated.
Mr Korbkiat stated 34 transgender prisoners nationwide have actually gone through sexual reassignment surgical treatment.
They have actually all been put in female jails, he included. Generally, transgender prisoners are imprisoned according to their sex at birth.
However they can be moved to prisons matched to their favored sexual state depending upon the choice of the court and the viewpoint of psychologists regarding whether it would benefit their well-being.
According to department sources, transgenders tend to be abused by male prisoners.
