US EditionJustice Department probes California and Maine over housing transgender women with female inmates
The DOJ investigates if transgender inmate policies at women's prisons in Maine and California violate female inmates' constitutional rights amid reports of sexual assaults.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice notified California Governor Gavin Newsom and Maine Governor Janet Mills of a federal civil rights investigation into their practices of housing transgender inmates in women's prisons.
- Attorney General Pamela Bondi described the move as part of a "National Initiative Examining the Housing of Biological Men in Women's Prisons," asserting that keeping men out of such facilities is a matter of "safety and constitutional rights."
- Investigators will examine allegations of sexual assault, voyeurism, and intimidation at the California Institution for Women, the Central California Women's Facility, and the Maine Correctional Center under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.
- Dismissing the probe as a "politically motivated, predetermined investigation," a spokesperson for Mills stated the state opposes the Trump administration, while the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation affirmed its commitment to a safe environment.
- While the DOJ has not reached conclusions, the agency previously pulled grant funding from Maine's correctional system in 2025 over similar housing policies, a move that remains contested.
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