Federal judge says Oregon must house trans inmates by gender identity, not Trump's policyhttps://www.advocate.com/politics/states/trump-prison-oregon-transgender-blocked 🔗Jacob Ogles (30 Apr 2026)
A federal judge has ordered Oregon to house transgender women prisoners based on gender identity, issuing a ruling that conflicts with President Donald Trump's executive order requiring that inmates be housed based on sex assigned at birth.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke issued a preliminary injunction blocking the placement of transgender women in men's facilities and ordered the Oregon Department of Corrections to conduct individualized assessments for all transgender women in custody, The Oregonian reports.
While the state agency has an evaluation process in place, Clarke noted that about 90 percent of transgender women housed in state prisons are placed in facilities designated for men. He said Oregon must change the fundamental calibration of its assessments, establishing a presumption that transgender women should be housed according to their gender identity unless an individualized review determines otherwise.
