Federal judge blocks Trump’s transfer of transgender women to men’s prisons
He ruled that the Trump administration’s policy likely violated the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
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He ruled that the Trump administration’s policy likely violated the Constitution’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
A legal settlement propels significant enhancements in transgender inmate care and rights.
The new policy is part of a package of pro-LGBTQ+ bills signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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Florida female inmates have reportedly traded sex for hygiene products in prison.
The transgender woman was in protective custody at the time of the attack.
The Department of Corrections continues to list her gender as male and to deadname the inmate.
The bill is from the same Republican who introduced last year’s ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Yella Clark was serving a life sentence — which they had recently appealed — at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.
The Department of Justice ruled this week it is illegal to assign transgender prisoners to cells based solely on their genitalia.
A transgender inmate freed from prison last year because she was dying of AIDS has been charged with using a forged Maryland death certificate to fake her death and get new criminal charges against her dismissed.