There's That Thing That Never Happens Happening Again
Trans-Friendly Prison Policy Leads To Yet Another Woman Being Raped In A Women's Prison
Who, who I say, other than anyone with half a brain didn't see this coming?
A former inmate at the Rose M. Singer women's jail on Rikers Island is filing a lawsuit against New York City. The lawsuit claims that in 2022, prison staff disregarded her alerts about a transgender woman housed among females, alleging that this individual was actually a man posing as a woman with the intention of preying on the opposite sex behind bars.
The plaintiff, identified as "Rose Doe" in the lawsuit, stated, "His introduction was, 'I’m not transgender. I’m straight. I like women.'"
As per the civil suit, Rose Doe not only held the belief that the alleged perpetrator was dishonest about their gender identity but also asserted that the prisoner was intentionally "instructed to claim that he was transgender by DOC staff so that he could stay in the female dorm where he would have access to female inmates."
Investigative records acquired by Doe's legal representatives reveal that shortly after the accused individual entered the female dorm, Doe raised concerns with correctional staff. She claimed that the new detainee sexually propositioned her on April 4th and subsequently groped her in the bathroom on April 6th. After reviewing these complaints, Floyd Phipps, the Acting Warden of the Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC), sent an email stating, "I feel that individual is not a suitable fit for RMSC. . . . [Rose Doe] does not want to remain in the unit due to feeling unsafe."
Despite these warnings and complaints, Doe alleges that correction officers did not relocate the accused individual from female housing. According to Doe's lawsuit, in the early hours of April 7th, "while Plaintiff was sleeping in her bed, the Perpetrator took the opportunity to sexually assault Plaintiff again. . . .pull[ing] down her pants while she was sleeping and begin[ing] to rape her."
Which all begs the question: what is the difference between a man "posing as a transgender woman" and some other kind of man posing as any kind of woman?
We are left to wonder. Again.