Do your friends, family, associates find it hard to believe that there are males in women's prisons and jails in 🇺🇸?
Do they have assumptions about what sort of males these might be?
Here's some data. 1/14
There are males in women's prisons and jails in 🇺🇸 largely due to regulations under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, known as PREA Standards. While the Act itself did not contemplate cross-sex housing, the Standards (at 28 CFR 115.42(c)) almost casually reference it: 2/14
PREA Standards (at 28 CFR 115.42(g)) also forbid having dedicated or segregated units for trans-identifying inmates. More aggressive litigation and enforcement has meant that informal such units have been disbanded: 3/14
States adhere to PREA Standards in order to receive fullest federal funding possible. More & more states (CT, MA, CA, ME, etc.) are passing their own laws which go further than the Standards in housing according to "gender identity." CA law details: 4/14
States & municipalities are also issuing new policies w/o going through law-making. (See NYC, Washington State, New Jersey.) Similar to the laws being passed, these policies are entirely self-ID, no requirement of medicalization, etc. Details of NJ: 5/14
Under 15% of trans-identifying males have undergone genital surgery. There are males with fully intact genitalia in women's prisons and jails throughout the United States. 6/14 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
60+% of trans-identifying males say they are sexually attracted to women. (And this from a survey of males not trying to declare an unverifiable non-disprovable identity to opt into women's prison.) 7/14 transequalityorg./sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf
A long-term study has shown that males who have undergone "sex reassignment" surgery still "retained a male pattern regarding criminality." 8/14 journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…
48% of federal trans-identifying male inmates are imprisoned for a "sex offense." This compares to (next tweet) fewer than 12% of the general population (all men and all women) of federal inmates. FOUR TIMES THE RATE. 9/14 usa.kpssinfo.org/transgender-in…
48% of federal male inmates identifying as "trans" are imprisoned for a "sex offense." (Prior tweet) This compares to fewer than 12% of the general population (all men and all women) of federal inmates. FOUR TIMES THE RATE. 10/14 bop.gov/about/statisti…
38+% of federal trans-identifying male inmates are at a "high" security level compared to 12+% of the general population of federal inmates. (next tweet) 11/14 usa.kpssinfo.org/transgender-in…
38+% of federal trans-identifying male inmates are at a "high" security level (prior tweet) compared to 12+% of the general population of federal inmates. 11/14 bop.gov/about/statisti…
In California 33.8% of the trans-identifying males seeking to transfer to the women's prisons are registered sex offenders. 12/14
86% of women in jail have experienced pre-incarceration sexual violence. vera.org/downloads/publ… This is an already traumatized population. The U.S. is placing genitally intact, female-attracted, violent, sexually-offending criminal males in women's prisons and jails. 13/14
Even were these males not disproportionately sex offenders, even if their crimes were not violent, even if they were castrated, even if they were not attracted to women, males do not belong in women's intimate spaces. It is distressing and harmful to women. 14a/14
In no universe is it a human right for males - however they identify - to shower, sleep and use toilet facilities with and next to vulnerable traumatized women. 14b/14 #KeepPrisonsSingleSex
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Let’s walk through the cross-sex prison housing bill being contemplated in New York State. It may not seem possible, but it seems to be the most outlandish bill yet proposed in the States. Here’s the link: legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021… 1/16
Unlike most U.S. proposed laws (inmate seeks preference for cross sex housing), the proposed New York State bill provides that individuals shall be “presumptively placed” in accordance with their “self-attested gender identity unless the person opts out of such placement.” 2/16
How would one be eligible for such presumptive placement in cross sex housing in prison/jail in New York should SB6677 pass?
A few categories, which include: 1. Gender identity different than sex; and 2. Self-identifies as transgender, gender nonconforming, or nonbinary. 3/16
20 states suing Biden's Dept of Ed, EEOC and DOJ due to their inclusion of "gender identity" as part of "sex discrimination" resulting in gender identity dictating participation in school sports, use of workplace bathrooms, etc. @WomensLibFront@WhrcU apnews.com/article/sports…
@POTUS issued a series of Exec Orders in winter/spring 2021 which stretched the (terrible but) narrow 2020 Supreme Court "Bostock" decision beyond even its self-declared limitations. 2/6
Following Bostock, EO 13988 was the first @POTUS EO on the issue of "gender identity." It directed all federal agencies to incorporate "gender identity" into their interpretations of "sex discrimination." 3/6
A new day, a new Exec Order. Let's look at Sec 11 which covers gender identity in the federal workforce:
(a) every fed employee is to have their "identities affirmed and respected" (compelled speech (pronouns) by the fed gvt?) 1/6 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
(b) "supportive services" are to be available for trans/NB employees who wish to legally, medically or socially transition
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(c) comprehensive "gender-affirming" healthcare for federal employees and their dependents, including in the military ($$$$)
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