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October Canada The Canadian […]
When
1981-10
Description
October Canada The Canadian Penitentiary Service introduced a new policy to help transsexuals in Canadian federal prisons. It negotiated a contract with the Toronto -based Clarke Institute's Gender Identity Clinic and the Philippe Pinel Institute in Montréal, under which doctors assessed, three inmates at a time, their need for therapy and hormone treatments. At that time there were fourteen transsexuals in Canadian federal prisons.