Integrating the Issue of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Detention Monitoring • Are individual risk assessments used to inform decisions about transferring specific detainees/prisoners separately or together? • Who is responsible for the transport of detainees/prisoners? Are there any procedures regulating the conduct of these individuals or entities? • Are male staff ever involved in the transport of female detainees/prisoners? If so, are there any additional safeguards in place? Is there a requirement that a female staff member also be present? • Are male and female detainees/prisoners transported separately? Are adults and juveniles transported separately? If not, are there any specific safeguards in place? • Are detainees/prisoners usually transported in groups, or are some transported on their own? How many staff members are usually involved in the transfer? • Are there any particular procedures or safeguards in place for the transit of transgender and intersex individuals? • Are detainees/prisoners given the opportunity to inform their lawyers, family members or other third parties before being transferred? • Is the date, time and purpose of the transfer recorded? • Have there been any specific allegations of SGBV that occurred during transfer? If so, what was the outcome? Assessing means of transportation In most cases, monitors will not have the opportunity to be present in a police or prison vehicle during transit. During the course of their monitoring visits, however, members of the team may witness detainees/prisoners being transferred to and from the facility, including as they enter or leave vehicles. They can also follow vehicles to and from different facilities. If this is done on an unannounced basis, but it is known by prison staff that such monitoring can take place, it may act as an effective deterrent against abuse during transit. When monitoring the transfer of detainees/prisoners from one facility to another, monitors should be aware of every situation of risk, including potential black spots. This might include, for example, periods of time when detainees/prisoners are waiting in hospitals and courthouses, or when they are taken to use toilet facilities during transit. Monitors should pay particular attention to the transfer of women and juveniles, and to the staff allocation for these groups. Monitors can also request to inspect the vehicles used for transporting detainees/prisoners, and may wish to ask if they can directly observe detainees/prisoners being transferred. In doing so, they should take note of the following: 55