President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, spearheaded by Attorney General Merrick Garland, will stop at nothing to push its “woke” agenda in every way possible.
In June, Townhall covered how the DOJ targeted a Texas doctor who exposed a child sex change program at a hospital. Townhall reported how Dr. Eithan Haim came forward to City Journal and revealed that Texas Children’s Hospital lied about terminating experimental, irreversible transgender services for kids. These services were offered to kids as young as age 11 and included puberty blockers, hormone treatments, and sex reassignment surgeries.
Now, Haim is facing felony counts for violating HIPAA.
Now, the DOJ is promoting its pro-transgender ideology in another way.
This week, Fox News reported that Garland appointed a leftist state prison official to serve on the Justice Department's National Institute of Corrections (NIC) advisory board.
Cheryl Strange was first appointed to the position of Washington state Department of Corrections Secretary by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee in May 2021. Strange was instrumental in establishing so-called “gender-affirming care” for inmates who think they are “transgender” (via Fox News):
Among the policies implemented was one where pat-downs or other searches would be "performed by a correctional officer of the gender formally requested by the transgender individual." For example, a biologically male inmate identifying as a trans woman could require that a female prison guard perform the search.
In a statement on Monday, Strange said that "This is a great honor at the tail end of my career.”
"In Washington state, we have enacted nation-leading reforms that have created a more humane corrections system while also improving public safety. I look forward to participating with other national leaders at the federal and state government levels on approaches that can be implemented nationally,” Strange added.
The NIC works "to influence correctional policies, practices, and operations nationwide" in both federal and state correctional systems,” according to its website.
"Secretary Strange's appointment is a testament to her lifelong commitment to public service and reform," Federal Bureau of Prisons director Colette Peters said in a news release Monday. "Her progressive leadership transformed Washington state's corrections system, prioritizing both public safety and humane treatment and her vision and experience will be invaluable as NIC and the Advisory Board work to raise the standard of corrections nationwide."
