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Who could have seen this coming? The L.A. Times reports several inmates are thought to have applied "under false pretenses" and some female prisoners are afraid.
The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that while only a few transfers have been approved thus far, none has been rejected:
This is CA we are talking about. All will likely end up approved, then the floodgates will open
261 Transgender Prisoners Request Transfer Under California Law; 255 to Women’s Prison
The law, SB 132, provides that a prisoner who self-identifies who is “transgender, nonbinary, or intersex” must be “addressed in a manner consistent with the incarcerated individual’s gender identity,” and be “housed at a correctional facility designated for men or women based on the individual’s preference.” The law applies “regardless of anatomy.” Governor Gavin Newsom signed the law last September, declaring on that occasion that “our march toward equality takes an additional step forward.”The Los Angeles Times reported Monday that while only a few transfers have been approved thus far, none has been rejected:
This is CA we are talking about. All will likely end up approved, then the floodgates will open