Biological female inmate sues NJ corrections department over negligence following sexual assault by transgender prisoner

09/14/2023 / By Laura Harris

An unidentified female inmate has sued the New Jersey Department of Corrections (NJDOC) following the sexual assault she suffered at the hands of a transgender prisoner in one of its facilities.

The lawsuit filed Aug. 29 in the Hunterdon County Superior Court accused the NJDOC of neglecting prisoner safety at the now-closed Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCFW) in the town of Clinton. It alleged that prison guards did not take “corrective action” to the alleged “sexually aggressive and harassing behaviors of the transgenders,” with many of the aforementioned inmates still having “fully functioning male anatomy.”

Moreover, the lawsuit also disclosed that the NJDOC disregarded safety standards among the inmate population at the EMCFW – even after “two female inmates became pregnant from sexual interactions with transgenders.” (Related: Female student RAPED in trans-inclusive restroom at New Mexico school.)

James Wronko, the attorney who filed the lawsuit, said transgender inmates were housed in areas without security cameras. Meanwhile, the suspect who allegedly assaulted the plaintiff has since been transferred to a male facility.

The lawsuit mentioned the assaults the plaintiff suffered at the hands of the transgender inmate, which reportedly happened in September and October 2022. She claimed to have reported the sexual assaults to EMCFW employees, but the plaintiff instead faced disciplinary retaliation charges.

Another inmate filed a separate legal claim against the NJDOC for another incident at the women’s prison, this time involving a male prison guard. According to the complaint, the guard led the female prisoner to an isolated area and demanded sexual acts from her, while implying threats. The guard was subsequently transferred to another facility.

Policies in NJ prisons endanger biological female inmates

The Garden State’s prison policies mandate that inmates be housed in prisons based on their self-declared gender identity rather than their biological sex. This rule was implemented in June 2021 as part of the settlement in the Sonia Doe v. NJDOC lawsuit, filed by a transgender prisoner who had been incarcerated in men’s prisons for over 18 months.

According to the NJDOC at the time, the policy change was intended to ensure the health, safety and dignity of transgender, intersex and non-binary inmates. However, this policy shift has ignited concerns about the safety of female inmates in New Jersey prisons.

Last July, Demi Minor, a 27-year-old trans-identified male, who allegedly impregnated two women while incarcerated at a women’s prison in New Jersey, was transferred to New Jersey’s Youth Correctional Facility, a Burlington County prison for young adult offenders.

This transfer occurred three months after reports that two women at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility became pregnant following “consensual sexual relationships with another incarcerated person.”

In response to the incident, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced in February the planned closure of the facility, with inmates to serve the remainder of their sentences elsewhere. However, the timeline for this relocation remains uncertain.

Leanna DeLorenzo from the U.S. Chapter of the Women’s Declaration International (formerly the Women’s Human Rights Campaign) said the policy disregards the safety and well-being of female inmates. She argued that being a woman is a biological reality, not a feeling. This served as her basis to denounce New Jersey’s policy for allowing men to be housed with women based on their self-declared gender identity.

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