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DOJ tells prisons: Safeguarding trans prisoners now optional

Monday December 8, 2025. 07:00 PM , from BoingBoing
DOJ tells prisons: Safeguarding trans prisoners now optional
In a grotesque new memo, the Trump‑led DOJ has told prison inspectors to stop enforcing anti‑rape safeguards for trans and intersex inmates, basically turning any safety net into Swiss cheese overnight.

The memo, dated Dec. 2, takes aim at existing standards of the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) that the department says do not comport with the Trump administration's first-day executive order that, among other things, targeted protections for trans people behind bars.

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