A U.S. federal judge has blocked the transfer of a dozen transgender women inmates to men’s prisons, defying an executive order from former President Donald Trump. The women had filed a lawsuit, fearing they would lose access to essential gender-related medical treatment. The ruling, issued by Judge Royce Lamberth, cited the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, preventing the transfers and affirming the inmates’ right to stay in women’s facilities.