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Story summary
- The National Center for LGBTQ Rights sued in Washington, D.C. to block a 2025 Justice Department memo that tells prisons to ignore Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) transgender protections.
- The suit says the memo erases safeguards for transgender inmates, who face sexual assault at rates ten times higher than other prisoners.
- Plaintiffs argue the memo violates the Administrative Procedure Act by bypassing the required rule-making process.
