Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2985 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2985 To secure the dignity and safety of incarcerated women. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 8, 2025 Mr. Cotton introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To secure the dignity and safety of incarcerated women. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. HOUSING PRISONERS BASED ON SEX. (a) Federal Prisons.-- (1) In general.--Chapter 303 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Sec. 4052. Bar on housing together prisoners of different sexes ``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `biological sex' means the biological classification of male and female in the context of reproductive …