Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

An internal DOJ memo obtained by NPR instructs PREA auditors to stop evaluating detention facilities on standards tailored to protect transgender, intersex and gender‑nonconforming people, pending revisions to align with President Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order recognizing only two sexes. The change applies to federal and state prisons and jails, juvenile facilities, and immigration detention, and includes halting review of gender‑identity‑based housing decisions and whether sexual assaults were motivated by gender‑identity bias.