The Federalist report, which is based on leaked documents, cites a proposed executive action directing the U.S. attorney general to "within 30 days of the date of this order, begin the process of identifying any necessary changes to the [Bureau of Prisons] Transgender Offender Manual … to enable BOP to designate individuals to facilities in accordance with their gender identity."
The Justice Department has been examining policies on transgender inmates, which were changed during each of the last two presidential administrations. Still, there are concerns regarding the potential for placing biological men in women's jails.
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Under the Obama Administration, the Bureau of Prisons' transgender inmate policies called for recommending inmate housing by gender identity "when appropriate." The Trump Administration changed that, guiding the Transgender Executive Council to "use biological sex as the initial determination." That policy is now under review from Biden's DOJ.
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The White House did not confirm or deny the authenticity of documents in the report, stating, "We don't comment on alleged leaked documents."
Under the Trump policy, the Bureau of Prisons is to assign inmates to prisons based on their gender identity only "in rare cases." In September, a DOJ official told the Associated Press that roughly 1,200 of the 156,000 federal prisoners in the United States identify as transgender.
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While the Bureau of Prisons states it's committed to providing a safe and humane environment for all inmates, anxieties have been raised regarding assigning biological men to women's prisons.
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A handful of states already require their corrections departments to house inmates in facilities designed for men or women based on the individual's gender identity, including Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Washington.
The same problems have arisen in California, which houses male prisoners who claim a female "gender identity" in women's jails. In response to reports of rape and abuse, the feminist Women's Liberation Front, which rejects transgender ideology, has filed a federal lawsuit against the state.
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As Brittany Bernstein reports: "Plaintiff Krystal Gonzalez says she was sexually assaulted by a biological male who was transferred to Central California Women's Facility under the law. According to the suit, when Gonzalez filed a complaint and requested to be housed away from men the prison's response called her alleged attacker a 'transgender woman with a penis.' Maybe no phrase sums up the current state of liberal ideology as "woman with a penis."