The San Francisco Sheriff's Office is pushing forward with reforms to make their jails more inclusive to the transgender community. In this video, Assistant Sheriff Katherine Johnson details the intent of the reforms and two incarcerated transgender people housed on the new unit describe the impact of the reforms.
Stephan Thorne teaches for the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, where he conducts a gender awareness training for new deputies to increase respectful interactions between law enforcement and members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender plus (LGBT+) community. The training is the first of its type to be certified by the California Peace ...
San Francisco hopes to lead the charge to address transgender inclusivity in the criminal justice system