A Federal Judge Says Oregon Exposed Trans Women to Violence in Men’s Prisons

The ruling requires Oregon to house trans women by gender identity after finding they faced a high risk of violence and sexual assault.

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Oregon. A federal judge ordered the state to stop placing trans women in men’s prisons and to use individualized safety assessments.

A federal judge has ordered Oregon to stop placing trans women in men’s prisons through a policy framework that exposed them to violence and sexual assault.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D.…