Judge OKs prison abuse settlement, rejecting Trump administration's push to rewrite protections
Source: Associated Press
Judge OKs prison abuse settlement, rejecting Trump administration’s push to rewrite protections
By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Updated 11:04 PM EST, February 25, 2025
A judge on Tuesday gave final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring and increased transparency in the wake of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse at a now-shuttered federal women’s prison in California.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland signed off on the agreement after rejecting the Trump administration’s last-minute request to alter protections for transgender and non-citizen inmates.
The consent decree calls for a court-appointed monitor to keep tabs on the treatment of about 500 former inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, who are now incarcerated at more than a dozen other federal lockups across the U.S.
It also includes pathways to early release and home confinement, and requires the Bureau of Prisons to “issue a formal, public acknowledgement to victims of staff sexual abuse at FCI Dublin.” Some women who alleged abuse at Dublin say they have since been the victims of similar misconduct at other federal prisons.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/federal-prisons-dublin-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-settlement-efd50a189859f73e4945a4e2e104137d
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The article goes on to say that the Trump administration tried and failed to strip protections for transgender and non-citizen inmates from the settlement.