ABOUT US
Keep Prisons Single Sex was established in 2020 in the UK to campaign for the rights of women in prison to single-sex accommodation and same-sex searching. We also campaign for data on offending to be recorded by sex throughout the criminal justice system.
In early 2021, we expanded our campaign to the USA to address the escalating numbers of male prisoners being moved into women’s prisons.
AIMS & OBJECTIVES
Our goal is to overturn – and prevent new – laws, policies, regulations and practices which allow men to opt into women’s prison and jails and which permit cross-sex searches based on “gender identity” or “transgender” status.
These include:
- federal regulation under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (known as PREA Standards). These Standards govern federal incarceration facilities and generally apply at the state level due to threat of withholding federal funding
- state, county and municipal laws and policies which provide incarceration housing and search protocols based on “gender identity” rather than based on sex
- state laws which, may not explicitly address prison housing, but which require that access to public accommodation and public facilities be available based on “gender identity” rather than based on sex
- issuance or amendments to government documents based on “gender identity,” such as passports (as occurred under the Biden administration) or state drivers’ licenses or birth certificates
WHAT WE DO
To meet our goal of eliminating housing and searches based on “gender identity” or “transgender” status we:
- obtain, track and distribute (to the public, the media, politicians and other government officials): public records data from federal, state and municipal correctional systems; court documents; press releases and news reports;
- challenge existing laws, policies, regulations and practices which allow for cross-sex prison housing and provide tools for others to do the same;
- provide consultation submissions against proposed laws and policies which allow for cross-sex prison housing; and
- assist other campaign groups and counsel to provide specialist input.
- provide consultation submissions against proposed laws and policies which allow for cross-sex prison housing; and