{"id":1216077,"date":"2022-01-14T10:35:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216077"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:35:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T15:35:13","slug":"preventing-violence-against-female-inmates-act-cotton-introduces-bill-to-house-prisoners-by-biological-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/preventing-violence-against-female-inmates-act-cotton-introduces-bill-to-house-prisoners-by-biological-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act\u2019: Cotton Introduces Bill To House Prisoners By Biological Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpreventing-violence-against-female-inmates-act-cotton-introduces-bill-to-house-prisoners-by-biological-sex%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1216077&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton introduced the \u201cPreventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act\u201d on Wednesday, which would not allow for males who identify as female to be placed in women\u2019s prisons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s plan to house male and female prisoners together will put women in danger. Documented cases prove that placing men\u2014including ones who \u2018identify\u2019 as female\u2014in women\u2019s prisons puts female inmates at increased risk of sexual assault. My bill will stop the president\u2019s ill-conceived plan and keep men and women separated in federal prison,\u201d Cotton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/cotton-bill-blocks-biden-plan-to-place-men-in-female-prisons\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Backers of the bill included Heritage Action, the American Principles Project, and Concerned Women for America LCA.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would block federal prisons from housing males in female prisons for reasons of gender identity. The language <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/preventing_violence_against_female_inmates.pdf\">says<\/a> that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) should \u201cuse the biological sex of person charged with or convicted of offenses against the United States in making determinations regarding housing such persons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also notes that prisons should \u201cnot co-locate in detention facilities persons charged with or convicted of offenses against the United States if those persons are not of the same biological sex, unless the Bureau of Prisons co-locates such persons without regard to their purported gender identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the bill, state prisons would not be eligible for certain federal funding if they housed members of the opposite sex together.<\/p>\n<p>The bill would not prevent prisons from making separate housing exclusively available on the bases of gender identity \u201cas long as they are not housed with inmates of the opposite sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also states that \u201ca state or federal institution would still be allowed to use short-term detention cells in a courthouse to house both male and female prisoners during a trial in which they are both witnesses, subject to normal security considerations to protect all detainees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cotton\u2019s bill may conflict with what Biden has said in the past regarding the issue. Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/news.grabien.com\/story-joe-biden-prison-your-sexual-identity-defined-what-you-say-n\">stated<\/a> that \u201cin prison, your sexual identity is defined by what you say, not what the prison says.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The policy on housing transgender prisoners has become more contested with reports on if and how much Biden would change from the Trump era policy that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-administration-may-instruct-prisons-to-house-transgender-inmates-without-regard-to-biological-sex-report\">said<\/a> prisons should \u201cuse biological sex as the initial determination\u201d for housing.<\/p>\n<p>That policy is being reviewed by the Justice Department, and would apply to the approximately 1,200 prisoners who identify as transgender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBOP is in the process of reviewing the current version of its policy regarding transgender inmates, which was developed in order to meet the community standard of medical and mental health care, appropriately manage and support the offenders, and meet legal requirements as determined by case law, statutes and federal regulations,\u201d a Justice Department spokesman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/doj-housing-transgender-inmates-policy-164e214f-d104-4f2f-b824-0c9cc6ce30f6.html\">told<\/a> Axios in September.<\/p>\n<p>Some states, like Rhode Island, Washington, Massachusetts, and Connecticut allow gender identity to be the determining factor in where a prisoner is housed.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton introduced the \u201cPreventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act\u201d on Wednesday, which would not allow for males who identify as female to be placed in women\u2019s prisons.\u00a0 \u201cPresident Biden\u2019s plan to house male and female prisoners together will put women in danger. 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