Examiner.com – Luke Broadwater, The Examiner
Baltimore – Maryland Division of Correction officials say they have no set policies to deal with transsexual inmates ? though they now have one ordered to their custody.
?We take them one case at a time,? prison spokesman George Gregory said.
Spokeswoman Maj. Priscilla Doggett said prison officials will evaluate Dee Deirdre Farmer, also known as Douglas Farmer, 41, to determine whether she should be housed with men or women.
?We will do a full intake and assessment to determine the correct placement,? she said.
Farmer was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in the state prison system, after pleading guilty to faking her own death to avoid other criminal charges.
She was transferred from the Baltimore City Detention Center to the Maryland Division of Correction on Thursday, said Barbara Cooper, a spokeswoman for the city jail.