DoJ eliminates rape protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons

A justice department memo issued on Tuesday said “effective immediately”, prisons and jails will no longer be held responsible for violations of standards meant to shield LGBTQ+ people from harassment, abuse and rape. It also directed inspectors to stop auditing facilities for compliance with those protections.
The directive relates to regulations under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), a longstanding federal law which said incarcerated people should be screened for their risk of facing sexual assault when officials place them in housing and that assessments must consider LGBTQ+ status. PREA, passed unanimously by Congress in 2003, included standards aimed at addressing the high levels of violence that transgender, gender-nonconforming and queer people face in jails and prisons across the US.

DoJ moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons

 

It's horrible that they would do this, but horrible and cruel is the modus operandi for this
administration......

 

And further back to Medieval hell we go down the slippery slope.

 

This puts a lot of inmates in grave danger and despite a court blocking that fucker's EO - did the block get removed or is this another example of how the law and associated processes don't apply to him?

 

These inmates are targeted for abuse and should have protections.