| Penitentiary Code | Any disparate discriminatory treatment of prisoners based on sex or gender identity or sexual orientation, is prohibited. Additionally, special treatment of prisoners is reserved for reasons of gender identity, as long as it is done in favour of the prisoners and to serve the individual needs arising from the situation in which they find themselves. Furthermore, transgender women are being transferred to prison facilities for women prisoners upon their request, which is considered on a priority basis. Any disparate discriminatory treatment of prisoners, in particular based on race, colour, national, ethnic or social origin, property status, disability, religious or ideological beliefs, sex or gender identity or sexual orientation, is prohibited. |