Inside the women's prison where violent male inmates have their way
LGBTQ Issues,Prisons,Prisoners,Transgender Issues,Women,Gender Identity,Gender
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A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of our most vulnerable populations — female prisoners — by uttering five magic words: "I identify as a woman."
This is not hyperbole. Under Massachusetts' 2018 Criminal Justice Reform Act, male offenders convicted of exactly the crimes named above are being housed at MCI-Framingham, the state's women's prison.
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