Supreme Court keeps injunction blocking prison care policy in place

What happened?

1. The brief order carried no explanation, and Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito publicly dissented, the reports state.
2. The policy, issued in February, bars medical and surgical treatments and "social accommodations" such as clothing and hair-removal devices, while still allowing psychiatric services.
3. An executive order signed on Trump's first day back in office in January 2025 recognized two sexes and directed changes across federal agencies, including that "males are not detained in women's prisons," as the reports describe it.

The order carried no stated reasoning, and Justices Thomas and Alito dissented publicly. The class action brought by a group of inmates continues in the lower courts while the injunction remains in effect.

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