Judge weighs bid to block or reverse transfers of transgender inmates into a segregated prison unit
Summary
A federal judge is reviewing a request to stop the transfer of transgender women inmates into a separate prison unit after a court order required they be housed in women’s facilities. The inmates’ lawyer says this transfer violates their rights and harms their health, while government lawyers argue the transfers follow the judge’s order.Key Facts
- A judge issued an order saying transgender women inmates must be housed in women’s prisons or halfway houses.
- The Trump administration signed an executive order requiring inmates to be housed by biological sex and halting gender-affirming care.
- Several transgender women were transferred to a segregated unit in a Texas prison instead of women’s facilities.
- The inmates’ lawyer says this segregation violates their constitutional rights and worsens gender dysphoria, a distress caused by a mismatch between gender identity and assigned sex.
- The judge has not yet decided whether to block the transfers or return inmates to the general women’s population.
- Government lawyers say the transfers don’t break the court order because inmates don’t have to be housed with other women or share common areas.
- They also argue the inmates must first use prison complaint procedures before going to court.
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