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This article outlines a framework for providing gender-affirming surgical care in carceral facilities that aligns with community medical standards and patient rights. The authors propose specific institutional steps, including identifying dedicated care providers, updating policies to meet WPATH standards, and ensuring security measures respect patient privacy under HIPAA and PREA guidelines. They emphasize that such care should be normalized, destigmatized, and integrated into routine health services in prisons. Despite recognizing logistical and clinical complexities, the piece asserts that delivering gender-affirming surgery is essential to ensuring evidence-based, patient-centered health equity for incarcerated transgender individuals.

This article outlines a framework for providing gender-affirming surgical care in carceral facilities that aligns with community medical standards and patient rights. The authors propose specific institutional steps, including identifying dedicated care providers, updating policies to meet WPATH standards, and ensuring security measures respect patient privacy under HIPAA and PREA guidelines. They emphasize that such care should be normalized, destigmatized, and integrated into routine health services in prisons. Despite recognizing logistical and clinical complexities, the piece asserts that delivering gender-affirming surgery is essential to ensuring evidence-based, patient-centered health equity for incarcerated transgender individuals.