2019-01-14 Response Letter

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by  California Correctional Health Care Services

Jaswary 14, 2019

MuckRook News
(96940-74730770@requests muckrock com

Dear Ma. Conse:
PUBLIC RECORDS ACI (PRA) REQUEST ~ PRA LIT 19000006

‘This leer is in response lo your request for records from the California Correctional
Health Cure Servives (CCHCS) under Ube Public Records Act (PRA), which was
received in our office on January 11, 2019. Sposifically, you requested the Following:

Jam seoking all records associated with the California Depertment of
Corrections participating in prison poynation esperimentation on so-called
"Male Transsexuals" This request should include bur not be lioited to
cooperation with academic research into hormonal experimentation. HIV
research, ar any wither menial ar pysical irectmentsexminations where the
resudis hud heer shure either internally ta prison afficals, ar externally with
‘acadiemie ar ganizations.

More specifically, I would lke any information related 10 the development of
the attached reseurch oper filed "IORMONE. PATTERN IN
PHARMACOLOGICALLY. FEMINIZED) MALE VRANSSEXUALS IN TH
CALIFORNIA STATE PRISOW SYSTIM" as developed by Lf. Valente, MD,
PAD, AN. Elias, MD, and ES. Domurat, MD. According to this study. shere
‘wore 56 inividurls fram she Celifornia Department of Corrections prison
population wha woheariiyiacotuniarily parejpatd in is stds and Fwonkd
Tike so compile as much documentation about dis specific study from the
Departient of Corrections as possible

Ifinouffciem docranentation can be found related to "male manssexuats" please
‘alse inchude the terms Yranwvewtite” & "hamavexual” in the search criteria to
tw the sey that Tame researching.

Ploase inciude the years besween 1986 and 1990 in the search wide for ts
rogues

Fo gens
HEALTH CARE SERVICES iow chats
Ms, Emily Crose
Junwnry 14, 2019
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An attachment was not provided with your request, CCHS has no zevords responsive
lo your request. CCHCS was not etablished as an entity until 2006, ws a result of the
Plata vs, Newsom case. The following fact sheat provides information regarding the
timeline of CCHS:

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If you have amy questions or concerns, you may contact ws via cxmail ae
COHCSHealIMPRAS@CDCReagov. or by regular mail al Calilornia Correctional
Health Care Servives, Atlntion; PRA Cooidinator, Building C, P.O. Box $8500,
Elk Grove, CA 95758.

PRA Coordinator

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