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16 May, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Rae Rollins, a trans-identified ♂️ who was transferred to a NJ women's prison, has been transferred back to a men's prison after experiencing first-hand the violence and sexual abuse of male guards towards female inmates.
The women can't transfer out.
nj.com/news/2021/05/n…
In NJ's Edna Mahan women's prison, women inmates were raped by male guards for years; the DoJ found "a culture of acceptance of sexual abuse."

After Rollins, a trans-identified ♂️ was beaten there, 31 guards have been suspended and a criminal investigation is underway.
I repeat: a trans-identified ♂️ has transferred out of a women's prison because the abuse by male prison guards against female inmates was WORSE than being in a men's prison.

Abuse that went on for decades, including rape, and nothing was done.
njspotlight.com/2021/05/edna-m…
Rollins is listed in public records as "female", yet retains the privilege to identify as a woman, bypass sex-based protections for female inmates, then leave upon experiencing the abuse women suffer — and to be taken seriously while women were not.

#NotOurCrimes

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