The Department of Justice has instructed inspectors to stop evaluating prisons and jails using standards designed to protect transgender, intersex and gender-nonconforming people from sexual violence, according to an internal memo obtained by NPR.
This population is uniquely vulnerable to attacks while incarcerated, data shows, and advocates say the change will put such people in even more danger.
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