Fox's first appearance — A new study is sounding the alarm on female-identified biologically male felons incarcerated in women-only prisons, and these inmates are physically and It says it poses a psychological risk.
of Report from an independent womanIn an announcement Thursday and shared exclusively with Fox News Digital, the nonprofit said, “Male inmates who identify as female are disproportionately likely to have committed a sex crime and will not be subject to these policies. “Incarcerated women are at increased risk of harassment and assault.”
“Placing men who identify as transgender, especially men with intact penises and a history of violent sexual offenses, in close proximity to female prisoners risks serious disenfranchisement of women. Yes,” the report states. “While these risks, and the effects already seen on women in mixed-gender prison environments, are known, there are still laws and policies that marginalize incarcerated women and silence concerns about their safety. has been intentionally ignored.”
Amie Ichikawa was convicted of making terroristic threats with a firearm and spent five years in a California prison. After her release, she began advocating for female prisoners concerned about being housed with biological males.
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Amie Ichikawa was convicted of making terroristic threats with a firearm and spent five years in a California prison. After her release, she began advocating for female prisoners concerned about being housed with biological males. (Independent woman)
“That's because the law is based on self-identification. The only requirement is for someone to state that they are a woman,” Ichikawa told FOX News Digital. “You can't deny someone based on a physical characteristic, like having a penis. You can't deny someone transportation based on a criminal record.”
Male prisoners who identify as women often appear before hearing boards to hear cases and argue that gender-based prisons violate equal protection laws or that they are discriminated against on the basis of gender. .
Biologically transgender male inmates also say their living conditions in men-only prisons violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment, according to a report by Independent Women. would argue.
Approximately 75% of transgender prisoners in the UK are imprisoned for rape or other brutal crimes.
In four states, biological male prisoners who identify as women can be housed in women-only prisons.
States allow housing of transgender prisoners based on gender identity. (Independent woman)
These states include California, Connecticut, Maine, and New Jersey. Two states, Utah and Louisiana, ban men from women's prisons, while other states operate on a case-by-case basis.
According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), as of October 2024, there were 1,487 men who identify as women in federal prisons, but only a fraction of them are in women's prisons. Only.
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People wave Transgender Pride flags at the 2023 LA Pride Parade on June 11, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Robin Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
According to BOP statistics cited in the Independent Women's report, nearly half of male prisoners who identify as transgender have a history of sexual offenses, compared to the average male prison population nationwide. Stay below 12%.
“Women do not deserve to be housed in locked prisons with male violent criminals,” said Mae Mehlman, legal director at Independent Women. “meanwhile, [2024 presidential] During the campaign, Kamala Harris was unashamed of openly supporting trans-identified men in women's prisons, seeking to show that the law requires such insanity.
“She was wrong. Cruel and unusual punishment: Stopping the dangerous policy of putting men in women's prisons” shows policy leaders have clear powers to protect women and enforce sanity. This is a must-read for politicians and their staff looking to end this punishment.'' The Predation of Gender Ideology. ”
Advocates for transgender policies argue that transgender women face sexual abuse in male-only prisons, so housing inmates who identify as female in women-only prisons would provide a safer environment. They claim that they can live there.
“Prisons and jails routinely expose transgender people to abusive treatment, including denial of medical treatment, long periods of solitary confinement, harassment, sexual assault, and physical violence by guards and other incarcerated people. ” the Transgender Law Center says on its website. “Recent research shows that transgender women are 13 times more likely to be sexually assaulted in prison than other women.”
However, female prisoners also face sexual abuse by biologically male transgender prisoners and feel their concerns are not being addressed.
Female inmate Dana Gray told Independent Women that she was sexually assaulted in January 2023 by a transgender woman who was “physically intact.”
Female inmate Dana Gray told Independent Women that she was sexually assaulted in January 2023 by a transgender woman who was “physically intact.” (Independent woman)
“I was scared and hated it because I knew there was nothing I could do,” Gray said.
“This is the perfect Trojan horse into the biggest victim pool that everyone hopes and dreams of.”
“The trans community has been taken over as a hiding place for extremely mentally ill sex offenders,” Ichikawa said. “This is the perfect Trojan horse into the biggest victim pool that everyone hopes and dreams of. [are] The trans women I spoke to in men's prisons want nothing to do with this issue and are scared of the people state and federal agencies are allowing to be transferred. [to female prisons]. ”
Additionally, those who oppose housing transgender inmates in women-only prisons have triggered traumatic events for some women.
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Child sex trafficking survivor Alyssa Kamholz had to share a cell with a man who identified himself as a woman and belonged to the same gang as her childhood abuser, according to the report.
Child sex trafficking survivor Alyssa Kamholz had to share a cell with a man who identified himself as a woman and belonged to the same gang as her childhood abuser, according to the report. (Alyssa Kamholz)
Ichikawa believes that some men identify as women in order to rig the system and are sent to women's prisons to gain more power than men's prisons.
The topic of housing transgender inmates in women-only prisons has sparked lawsuits and made shocking news headlines across the country.
A man posed as a transgender female inmate at Rikers Island last year. raped a female inmateAccording to a lawsuit filed by the victim. Also last year, Tremaine Deon Carroll, a male California inmate who identifies as biologically female, was charged with two counts of forcible rape after he allegedly attacked a woman at the Central California Women's Facility. He was charged with “dissuading the criminal charges Obtained first on website 4W It was later reported by Reduxx.
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Tremaine “Tremaine” Deon Carroll, 52, a violent criminal incarcerated in California, has been charged with rape in Madera County. Carol, who is transgender, was held in a women's prison at her request, then transferred to a men's prison after being charged with rape. (CDCR)
Demi Miner is a transgender inmate in New Jersey. impregnated two female inmates Moore later expressed her fear after being transferred from the women's prison in an interview with NJ.com. An Indiana judge ruled last year that a biological man identified as a woman convicted of killing an infant could receive financial assistance from the state. transgender surgery.
Hannah Tubbs is a transgender inmate in California who was convicted in 2017 at age 17 of sexually abusing a girl in a Denny's bathroom. Tubbs was 26 when the case was finally brought to trial under former District Attorney George Gascon's mandate for suspects under 18. He was tried and sentenced to two years in softball. at the girls' juvenile detention center The crime occurred a few days before Tubbs' 18th birthday.
Hannah Tubbs began identifying as a woman in 2014 after she was arrested in a child sex abuse case in Los Angeles County. (Los Angeles County)
But before completing his sentence, Tubbs, 27, was charged in Kern County with witness intimidation, robbery and assault. Tubbs is 15 years imprisonment In November 2023.
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IWF's new documentary series, Cruel and Unusual Punishment: Male Takeover of Women's Prisons, tells stories of abuse and retaliation for raising concerns about the issue.
The IWF report calls for solutions, including amending the Prison Rape Elimination Act to “prevent transfers to women's prisons based on gender identity,” and that the Americans with Disabilities Act would “prevent transfers to women's prisons based on gender identity.” It is clear that there is no requirement for residents to live in Protecting women prisoners' right to report abuse without retaliation, “eliminating reliance on activist medical guidelines” and “tying federal prison funding to policies that prioritize the safety of women prisoners.” “That's the thing.
