The Department of Justice has quietly directed federal prison auditors to halt the use of Obama-era standards that were crafted to provide special protections for transgender, intersex, and gender-nonconforming inmates, according to an internal memo reviewed by NPR.
The directive comes as the Trump administration moves to bring federal detention policies into alignment with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order rejecting what he has called “gender ideology extremism” and reaffirming that U.S. law recognizes only two sexes, male and female.
Until the Department of Justice completes its review of the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act standards, inspectors conducting audits of prisons and jails will no longer be required to evaluate facilities under rules specifically tailored to LGBTQ inmates.
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