Where the Boys Aren’t – Update for February 6, 2026

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JUDGE BLOCKS BOP ON EXPOSING TWO WOMEN TO TRANS FEMALES

The Bureau of Prisons last week agreed to a permanent injunction keeping biological male inmates who identify as female separated from two female inmates at FMC Carswell, the BOP’s medical center for women in Ft. Worth, Texas.

Two named female plaintiffs sued the BOP last year, seeking an order that they would not have to “interact in private spaces with the male inmates housed at FMC Carswell. Those inmates include at least four sex offenders, a murderer, and a violent armed bank robber whose goal was to overthrow the United States government on behalf of the ‘Aryan Republican Army’,” according to the website Legal Insurrection.

The Order requires that as long as the two named plaintiffs are housed at  Carswell, the BOP is “permanently enjoined from permitting any male inmate to enter or remain in any privacy area (including showers, restrooms, changing areas, and dormitory spaces) to which either Plaintiff has access, such that Plaintiffs are not exposed to male inmates while showering, toileting, dressing or sleeping.”

Stipulated Order of Permanent Injunction (ECF 137), Fleming v. United States, Case No 4:25-cv-157 (NDTX, February 2, 2026)

Legal Insurrection, Texas Judge Issues Permanent Injunction in Case Keeping Males Away From Incarcerated Women (February 2, 2026)

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