Judge orders Trump administration to return two trans prisoners to women’s facilities

Federal Bureau of Prisons told to transfer women back and provide hormone therapy treatment for gender dysphoria

A judge on Wednesday ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons (BoP) to transfer two incarcerated transgender women back to federal women's prisons after they had been sent to men's facilities after Donald Trump's executive order that truncated transgender protections.

US district judge Royce Lamberth in Washington DC issued a preliminary injunction after the women were added as plaintiffs in ongoing litigation over the impact of the president's executive order on trans women in federal prisons.