President Donald Trump restored single-sex prisons and sent male prisoners who identified as women returning to male facilities.
Approximately 1,500 male federal prisoners who identify as women will now be sent to men's facilities after President Trump's executive order establishing single-sex prisons. report by new york times.
President Trump's executive order, titled “Defending Women from Gender Ideological Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government,” ends transgender-related medical procedures for prison inmates.
Women's Liberation Front (Wolf), feminist organization supporter President Trump's move has been called a “huge victory” because of single-sex prisons, raising awareness about how incarcerated women become victims of male violence.
Currently, Wolf is working to fight a California law that requires prisoners to be accommodated in facilities tailored to their identity, rather than their actual biological sex.
Feminist organizations argue that the law violates the constitutional rights of incarcerated women, citing the Eighth Amendment, which protects people from cruel and unusual punishment.
President Trump's executive order reiterates these sentiments, declaring that “efforts to fundamentally eradicate the biological reality of sex fundamentally attack women by stripping them of their dignity, safety, and well-being.” did.
Meanwhile, Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which advocates for male prisoners who identify as women in women's facilities, said the policy would increase the risk of “rape and physical assault” on transgender individuals. It alleges that it will result in “assault”.
“It's also terrible for prison officials, who now have the power to use their discretion on what makes the most sense for the safety and security of their facilities,” Minter added.
Last year, a female inmate at a central California facility for women provided a sworn declaration to attorneys at Wolf, saying she witnessed the immediate aftermath of a prison rape by a transgender inmate.
As reported by Breitbart News, nearly 50% of male prisoners who identify as women have been convicted of sexual crimes, according to the Bureau of Prisons.
Additionally, among incarcerated men attempting to transition to women's prisons in California 33.8% (Fully one-third) are registered sex offenders, and the sex offender inmate population is responsible for up to 50% of rapes that occur within the prison system, the Bureau of Prisons notes I'm doing it.
The bizarre practice of housing prisoners in facilities that do not correspond to their biological sex is a relatively new phenomenon in American society, first implemented at the end of the Obama administration.
Obama-era guidelines that allowed transgender prisoners to be held in facilities based on their identity were later replaced under President Trump's first term to require housing that corresponds to a prisoner's “biological sex.” Revised.
Following President Trump's first term, the Biden administration moved to restore Obama-era prison guidelines regarding transgender housing.
Alana Mastrangelo is a reporter for Breitbart News. you can follow her Facebook and x at @armastrangeloand on Instagram.
