DOJ Orders Prison Inspectors to Stop Considering LGBTQ Safety Standards

Source: NPRThe U.S. 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 show, and advocates say the change will put such people in even more danger.