Washington, March 31 -- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following press release:
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi joined Representatives Lucy McBath, Bobby Scott, and Emily Randall in demanding that Attorney General Pam Bondi immediately rescind a Department of Justice directive that weakens protections against sexual violence for transgender and intersex people in correctional facilities.In a letter sent today, the lawmakers warned that the Department's December 2025 memo directing Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) auditors to stop applying standards designed to protect transgender and intersex inmates "undermines critical safeguards established to prevent sexual abuse in correctional facilities, places countless people at risk...