The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it's investigating whether California and Maine violate the rights of female inmates when they house them with transgender women.
The investigation will focus on the California Institution for Women in San Bernardino County and the Central California Women’s Facility in Madera County, as well as the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, the Justice Department said in a press release. Both states have policies saying inmates should be housed in a facility consistent with their gender identity. It's not clear how many trans people live in each of the prisons targeted by President Donald Trump's administration.
