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Inmates that identify as female have been transferred to women’s prisons in the state of California, according to The Western Journal.
It’s no surprise to find out that many female inmates have experienced assault as result of the recent transfers.
“One of the first assaults we heard of was a man who was victimized in the men’s prison,” Adams stated.
“It’s documented, he sued the state over it, and has transferred, and within weeks had attacked his female cellmate.”
“And then they took him away, put him in prison jail, right — administrative segregation — for a couple of weeks and then dumped him on a different yard,.”
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“All of the organizations who usually work on prisoners’ rights are not speaking out on this — they either want to stay neutral, or they’re in favor of the law.”
“They don’t want to hear from the women in there, they’d rather just forget them,” Adams stated.
From The Western Journal:
Last fall, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation that allows incarcerated “transgender, non-binary and intersex people” to choose if they want to be housed in a male or female prison, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
By April, there had been 261 requests for transfers, the Los Angeles Times reported.
All but six of the requests were for housing at a women’s facility, and no transfer requests had been denied.
Just 1 percent of California’s prison population identifies as nonbinary, intersex or transgender, according to the Times.
A 1994 study found that 80 percent of female inmates had been victims of abuse, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
