It’s been over five years since a law came into effect allowing biological men into women’s prisons in California if they identify as transgender, and the consequences have been devastating, says Amie Ichikawa, an advocate for female inmates and founder of Woman II Woman. “These are men that are tattooed from head to toe. 33.8 percent are registered sex offenders.” “They were advertised as delicate flowers who needed a safe place to do their time, and they sent the exact people that they said they wouldn't send.” “They said: there would be no sex offenders; there would be no woman beaters; there would be no one with a long history of violence against women. And that's exactly who they sent.” “I can't think of any worse demographic of people to send into the women's prison, knowing that 92 percent of that population are survivors of some kind of sexual abuse.” “These people don't even have to present as female.” “When they started to install the condom machines into the women's prisons after the transfers started, I thought there's nothing lower than this. Nothing.” @ichinita310 @womaniiwomaninc @IWF