Trans prisoners in New York City will have access to ‘gender-affirming’ devices such as prosthetic penises and breasts under a new bill proposed by a Democratic lawmaker.
Councilwoman Crystal Hudson’s bill would also give guards at NYC prisons access to items like breast binders, wigs and tucking undergarments, as first reported by the New York Post.
Hudson is expected to introduce the bill during Thursdays city council meeting.
The legislation is backed by fellow Democratic councilmembers Farah N. Louis, Chi A. Ossé.
‘This bill would establish a process for people in custody to obtain wigs, hair extensions, chest binders, tucking undergarments or gaffs, prosthetics, or other similar items or medical devices that are used by individuals to affirm their self-determined gender identity,’ according to the NYC Council website.
Councilwoman Crystal Hudson’s bill would also give guards at NYC prisons access to items like breast binders, wigs and tucking undergarments
According to the bill, it would be up to the NYC Department of Correction to decide who foots the bill for the gender-affirming care
‘The bill also requires Department of Correction staff to have access to gender-affirming items or medical devices while at work.’
According to the bill, it would be up to the NYC Department of Correction to decide who foots the bill for the gender-affirming care.
Prosthetic penises are sold on Amazon for about $130 while tucking undergarments go for about $15 and silicone breasts for $39.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Hudson’s office for comment on the bill.
According to her website, Hudson ‘was first elected in 2021 and made history as one of the first out gay Black women ever elected in New York City.’
The DOC confirmed to DailyMail.com that began quietly providing chest binders to detainees last year after apparently receiving them ‘as a donation.’
The bill is backed by fellow Democratic councilmembers Farah N. Louis, left, and Chi A. Ossé
The DOC declined to say who donated the binders.
Benny Boscio, president of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association told the Post that the gender-affirming items could be used as weapons by inmates.
‘Allowing inmates access to prosthetics would also enable them to hide drugs and weapons, such as make-shift razor blades, that could easily be used to assault other inmates and our officers,’ Boscio said.
The NYC DOC currently has 42 out of 6,135 detainees who identify as transgender, per their Quarterly Report on TGNBI Individuals in Custody.
