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Criminal Justice & Due ProcessFederal prisons would house inmates by biological sex, and states would lose a grant unless they do the same
Criminal Justice & Due Process
The Bureau of Prisons would have to assign housing by biological sex, for people awaiting trial and people convicted. People of different biological sexes could share space only briefly, never overnight.
A state would lose its share of a major federal justice grant unless it tells the Attorney General its laws ban mixed-sex housing and assign housing by biological sex. This starts the first fiscal year after the bill becomes law.
More about this bill
If you or someone you love is held in a federal prison or jail, housing would be assigned by biological sex. The federal Bureau of Prisons could not house men and women together. A transgender woman would be housed with men, and a transgender man with women. The rule covers people awaiting trial as well as people convicted. Short stays together would still be allowed, but never overnight. The bill defines biological sex by sex chromosomes, natural hormones, and sex organs present at birth. States would face the same rule through a major federal grant they use for police, courts, and prisons. To get that money, a state would have to show it bans mixed-sex housing for people held under state law. It would also have to house them by biological sex. A state that does not would lose the grant, starting the first fiscal year after the bill becomes law. The bill was introduced in October 2025 and sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee. It has had no further action.
Congressional Summary
Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act of 2025 This bill establishes a framework to prohibit correctional institutions at the federal and state levels from housing inmates of one biological sex with inmates of the other biological sex. Specifically, the federal Bureau of Prisons may not co-locate inmates in detention facilities if they are not of the same biological sex, other than on a temporary basis that does not include overnight housing. States must certify that they have implemented the same requirements for their detention facilities in order to receive funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-10-08
- Date Added
- 2026-10-03
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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