{"id":2399007,"date":"2025-02-04T22:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-federal-prison-system-from-relocating-transgender-inmates-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T22:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:16:03","slug":"judge-blocks-federal-prison-system-from-relocating-transgender-inmates-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-blocks-federal-prison-system-from-relocating-transgender-inmates-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge blocks federal prison system from relocating transgender inmates &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fjudge-blocks-federal-prison-system-from-relocating-transgender-inmates-washington-examiner%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=2399007&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>A federal\u2063 judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration&#8217;s policy that mandates transgender inmates be housed according\u2064 to their biological sex rather than their gender identity. U.S. District Judge\u200c Royce Lamberth issued a ruling favoring three transgender inmates currently in women\u2019s federal prisons, preventing \u200ctheir transfer to men&#8217;s facilities and ensuring\u2064 their access to medical care\u200c while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-charges-in-classified-documents-case\/\" title=\"Trump denies new charges in classified documents case.\">legal proceedings continue<\/a>. The inmates argued \u2064that the policy violates constitutional protections against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-retroactively-suspended-student-over-sexual-assault-allegations-after-he-graduated-the-school-just-settled\/\" title=\"School Retroactively Suspended Student Over Sexual Assault Allegations AFTER He Graduated. The School Just Settled.\">sex-based discrimination<\/a> and exposes them to increased risks of violence and sexual assault. The Justice Department opposed the restraining order, citing that only\u2062 a small number of male-to-female transgender inmates\u2063 reside in women&#8217;s facilities. This ruling reflects \u200congoing legal challenges regarding the treatment \u200cof transgender individuals in the prison system.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Judge blocks federal prison system from relocating transgender inmates<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1966732\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a> from enforcing its new prison policy that would require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transgender<\/a> inmates to be housed based on their biological sex rather than their gender identity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/document\/824079696\/Trump-transgender-TRO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">11-page ruling<\/a> on Tuesday granting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-georgia-update-judge-issues-restraining-order-for-10-days-preventing-defendants-from-destroying-or-erasing-dominion-voting-machines\/\" title=\"BREAKING GEORGIA UPDATE: ... Issues ... for 10 Days ... Defendants from Destroying or Erasing Dominion Voting Machines\">temporary restraining order<\/a> in favor of three transgender inmates who are housed in women&rsquo;s federal prisons. The ruling prevents prison officials from transferring them to men&rsquo;s facilities or restricting their access to medical care while the legal challenge moves forward.<\/p>\n<p>The policy, enacted through an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/protecting-children-from-chemical-and-surgical-mutilation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">executive order<\/a> signed by President Donald Trump on Jan. 20, mandates that transgender inmates be housed in facilities that correspond to their biological sex. It also bars the federal Bureau of Prisons from providing gender-related treatments.<\/p>\n<p>The three inmates, who identify as women but were born biologically male, argued in their lawsuit that the policy violates constitutional protections against sex-based discrimination and subjects them to cruel and unusual punishment by placing them at increased risk of violence and sexual assault. Their attorney, Jennifer Levi, presented these arguments during a court hearing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Lamberth agreed that the inmates could face significant harm if transferred and wrote that they are likely to succeed in their claim that the policy violates the Eighth Amendment&rsquo;s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE&nbsp;TO&nbsp;READ MORE&nbsp;FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Justice Department urged against moving forward with the restraining order, arguing the case was still in its early stages and that the inmates had not been moved. They also stressed that there are only 16 male inmates who identify as women housed in women&rsquo;s facilities. Roughly 2,230 transgender inmates are in facilities that correspond to their biological sex, the Justice Department <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25512302\/dojtransresponse.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a> in court papers.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate case relating to the same directive, U.S. District Judge George O&rsquo;Toole in Boston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3306364\/federal-judge-transgender-inmate-prison-trump-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">issued<\/a> a temporary restraining order on Jan. 26 preventing federal prison officials from transferring a transgender inmate, who identifies as a woman but is biologically male, to a men&rsquo;s facility. 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