U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth in Washington issued a preliminary injunction allowing biologically male trans women inmates to be sent back to a federal women's prison. (Getty Images/US District Court of Columbia)
"The fact that they have already been transferred and, allegedly, have been abused at their new facilities can only strengthen their claims of irreparable harm," Lamberth, a Reagan-appointed U.S. district court judge, wrote in the injunction.
The court documents also allege that since being transferred to a male prison, "they have been unable to access bras and women's underwear" while being subjected to "sexual harassment" at the new facilities.
The Bureau of Prisons did not respond when reached for comment Friday.
FEDERAL JUDGE HALTS PLANNED MOVE OF TRANS INMATES TO FACILITIES FOR THEIR BIOLOGICAL SEX
Issues regarding transgender minors and transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports are other areas of contention in the courts and state capitols. (Rick Bowmer)
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At least 15 trans prisoners are now protected by orders blocking or reversing the transfers, the Associated Press reported.
Lamberth has not yet ruled on a lawsuit filed this month by three other inmates—a transgender woman in a men's prison and two transgender men in women's prisons—who are challenging the executive order's ban on transgender medical treatments in prisons.
Jamie Joseph is a U.S. Politics reporter for Fox News Digital covering transgender and culture issues, the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, and stateside legislative developments.
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