Blue states called out by women’s group for ignoring risks posed by transgender inmates

Tremaine “Tremayne” Deon Carroll, 52, a violent offender incarcerated in California, was charged with rape in Madera County. A transgender person, Carroll was housed in a women’s prison by request and transferred to a men’s prison after an indictment for rape.  (CDCR)

Demi Minor, a New Jersey transgender inmate, impregnated two female inmates in 2022. Moore later expressed fear after being transferred out of the female-only prison in an interview with NJ.com. An Indiana judge ruled last year that a female-identifying, biological male convicted of killing a baby could get state-funded transgender surgery. 

Hannah Tubbs is a transgender California inmate who, at 17 years old, was convicted of molesting a young girl in a Denny’s bathroom in 2017. Under former District Attorney George Gascon’s mandates for suspects under 18, Tubbs, who was 26 when the case was eventually tried, received a softball sentence of two years in a juvenile facility for girls because the date of the offense was just days before Tubbs’ 18th birthday.

Hannah Tubbs began identifying as female after being arrested in a 2014 child molestation case in Los Angeles County. (Los Angeles County)

Before he could complete the sentence, however, a 27-year-old Tubbs was charged in Kern County with first-degree murder, threatening a witness, robbery and assault. Tubbs pleaded guilty to manslaughter and lesser charges in exchange for a 15-year prison sentence in November 2023.

IWF’s new documentary series, “Cruel & Unusual Punishment: The Male Takeover of Female Prisons,” shares stories of abuse and retaliation for voicing their concerns about the issue.

The IWF report is calling for solutions, including amending the Prison Rape Elimination Act to “prevent gender identity-based transfers to women’s prisons,” clarifying that the Americans with Disabilities Act “does not mandate ‘transition’ services or mixed-sex housing,” protecting female inmates’ rights to report abuse without retaliation, “eliminating reliance on activist medical guidelines” and “tying federal prison funding to policies that prioritize safety for female inmates.”