Trump admin 'immediately' stops enforcing LGBT+ prison rape protections

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : State and local regulations would also continue to apply.
51% : It claimed that the DoJ memo actually allows facility operators or corrections agencies "to continue following the regulation or, if they choose, to ignore it", letting the federal government "to implement the President's policy" while allowing local authorities to "determine how best to meet the needs" of trans prisoners.
49% : However, she added that prisons could still choose to implement protections that go beyond federal regulations.
48% : One of those regulations requires facilities to train their staff on how to search trans and intersex people "respectfully" and "in the least intrusive manner possible".
40% : Though trained and certified by the DoJ, they're not actually federal employees, and often work under contract for state inspection agencies. Passed unanimously by Congress in 2003, PREA is implemented via federal regulations that were updated in 2012 by the Obama administration to include specific protections for LGBT+ people.
40% : "Until these updates are finalized, and further guidance is provided, effective immediately, applicable federal and non-federal correctional facilities shall not be held to subsections of the PREA Standards that may conflict with [Trump's order]," the memo reads.

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