While Wolf Fights In Court To Stop The Abuse Of Incarcerated Women Forcibly Housed With Male Inmates In California, Federal Legislation That Would Help Is Completely Stalled.

In 2025, Representative Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced H.R.1015, the Prison Rape Prevention Act to remove male inmates from women's federal prisons. WoLF strongly supports this legislation to protect the rights of incarcerated women. This bill would codify the Executive Order issued in January of 2025 that directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that men are not housed in women's prisons. 

The order initiated immediate changes for males in federal custody who identify as women, reversing Biden-era policies (adopted in 2022) that allowed for housing based on a male prisoner’s “gender expression".

• Mandatory Transfers: The order directed that male inmates currently housed in women's facilities be transferred to men's facilities.

• Ban on Sex Trait Modification: The directive ordered an end to federal funding for ‘gender-affirming medical care’, including cross-sex hormones, for any inmates.

Federal courts quickly blocked the implementation of these transfers using the oft-cited claim that male inmates who claim to be women are at risk of violence if housed in the male facility. You can read an update on where these cases are here

Male violence against males in the men’s prison systems is a problem for men’s prison facilities to solve. Transferring these men into the women’s facilities endangers incarcerated women, violating women’s human rights as follows:

1. The right granted by the 8th Amendment in the United States Constitution, to be free from cruel and unusual punishment; 

2. Article 5 in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that states “No one shall be subject to torture or to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. The USA led the drafting of the Declaration in 1947, and voted to adopt it in 1948 in the newly-formed United Nations.

3. The UN Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment Standards of Prisoners, and the Geneva Convention that both state men and women prisoners must be housed in separate facilities or as far away from each other as possible. 

The safety of incarcerated women must be paramount over the feelings and desires of men. Policymakers should never give male inmates the ability to choose transfers to women’s prisons. 

H.R.1015 was referred to the House Judiciary Committee in February of 2025. 

It has never had a hearing. 

Here's who is serving on the House Judiciary Committee. Is YOUR rep on this list? 

This bill was not the only bill that would help protect the rights of women and girls to languish in Congress. WoLF supported these bills, and advocated for them with Congress.

Key Bills That Have Stalled in Congress:

It is past time for Congress to make the sex-based rights of women and girls a priority! 

Here’s how you can help: 

WoLF will be going to meet with members of Congress in D.C. from May 18-21st. Help us meet with YOUR representatives! Click below to help us schedule a meeting with your Congressional Representative and US Senator to urge them to push this legislation forward. 

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