Prairie State Wire

FOIA Request to Illinois Department of Corrections regarding transgender and general population transfer rates and crimes statistics on July 29, 2025.

The Prairie State Wire has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) seeking detailed records concerning the transfer rates and crime statistics related to transgender inmates. The request was sent on July 29, 2025, and seeks data from January 1, 2020, through June 2025.

The FOIA request includes several specific inquiries:

1. The number of transgender inmates granted or denied transfer requests to facilities aligning with their gender identities, including transition types, from January 1, 2022, to June 2025.

2. The number of pending transfer requests by transgender inmates as of June 2025.

3. Detailed processes for granting or denying transfer requests based on gender identity and for non-transgender inmates requesting transfers due to hardship.

4. Policies concerning convicted sex offenders requesting transfers based on gender identity.

5. Statistics on transgender inmates convicted of sexual crimes who were granted transfers during the specified period.

6. Data on biological male sex offenders housed at Logan Correctional Facility.

7. Policies for transferring inmates with disciplinary violations related to sexual activity or violence.

8. Statistics on successful transfers of such inmates and those transferred specifically to Logan Correctional Facility.

9. Data on new violent or sex crimes committed by transgender inmates after being moved to facilities aligning with their gender identity.

10. Information about transgender inmates returned to facilities aligning with their biological sex due to disciplinary actions.

11. Reported sexual assault allegations by non-transgender prison populations across IDOC facilities from January 2020 to June 2025.

The Prairie State Wire emphasizes its role in providing transparency and holding public institutions accountable through access to public records. They have requested a fee waiver citing their status as a media organization involved in news dissemination.

For more information about the organization assisting in this effort, visit https://stopsecrecy.org/about/.

Our team will continue to keep you updated as we gather and report news related to this request and other matters of public interest. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further clarification regarding this matter.