A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its new prison policy that would require transgender inmates to be housed based on their biological sex rather than their gender identity.
U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth issued an 11-page ruling on Tuesday granting a temporary restraining order in favor of three transgender inmates who are housed in women’s federal prisons. The ruling prevents prison officials from transferring them to men’s facilities or restricting their access to medical care while the legal challenge moves forward.
The policy, enacted through an executive order 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.
The three inmates, who…
