‘Scared’ and ‘traumatised’: Walz’s support for transgender women at Minnesota women’s prison ‘endangers’ inmates

Inmates at Minnesota’s only women’s prison reported being “scared” and “traumatized” by the presence of transgender women in their living spaces. Governor Tim Walz Last year, the approval of a controversial “litigation and settlement” agreement with a left-wing organization.

Rebeca Warmbo, a former inmate of the Women’s Correctional Institution in Shakopee who spent more than a decade in and out of prison on drug and robbery charges, now sees herself as an advocate for friends still behind bars. Since the incident, Warmbo, 50, has been in regular contact with many women who have written to her about their experiences. Trans prisoners were transferred.

“They’re in fear, they’re constantly afraid and they feel traumatized,” Warmbo told Fox News Digital. “Because (some of) these men are sexual offenders and many of the women there were also harassed or raped. sexual crimes committed against them.”

She added: “They do sexually suggestive things to them and it makes them very uncomfortable.”

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According to a statement from the Minnesota DOC last year, there were 48 transgender individuals across all Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities. Fox News Digital identifies at least four transgender inmates at the prison women’s prison. The state’s total incarcerated population is just under 10,000.

Nathan Charles Johnson, Bradley Richard Sirvio, Sean Windingland, and Elijah Thomas Berryman are currently serving sentences in a women’s prison for felonies.

Sirvio is serving a life sentence for murder, Windingland is serving a 24-year sentence for criminal sexual intercourse, Berryman is serving a 26-year sentence for criminal sexual intercourse, and Johnson is charged with aiding and abetting a burglary, according to DOC records. It is planned to be released in February 2025.

Warmbo, a self-described Christian who says she is now sober and studying to become a psychologist, said she has written several letters to her local representatives in Congress and the Biden-Harris administration about the additional “danger” incarcerated women now face. in close quarters with biological males.

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In addition to Warmbo, Fox News Digital also spoke with a currently incarcerated inmate who spoke on the condition that his name not be published.

The inmate described how inmates are afraid to talk about their encounters with transgender women, fearing administrative repercussions and having their privileges revoked. She also told Fox News Digital that transgender women had their own rooms, while other inmates were placed in two cells.

All inmates share nearly identical open living spaces, including showers. The inmate told Fox News Digital in a telephone interview that graphic sexual abuse occurred at the facility, but Fox News Digital was unable to independently verify this.

“I see it going to be a big mess for Minnesota because of Tim Walz and his agenda on this,” Warmbo said.

Last week, Alicia Beckmann, a longtime teacher at a Minnesota women’s facility, resigned in protest of the new policy. Independent Women’s Forum reported.

As Beckmann approached the 10-year anniversary of her work at the facility, she was reportedly “blindsided” by the arrival of inmates Sirvio and Craig Lusk, who goes by the name Christina.

“Women are afraid to talk. Many women are imprisoned because of the men they spend time with, and we all have freedom of choice, but I guarantee probably 75% of our population has committed crimes because they are there. it was violence “They were opposed by a man or felt compelled to do something for that man,” Beckmann told the organization.

Transgender inmates are granted certain privileges, according to a policy guide DOC issued to staff in April.

“Incarcerated individuals who are transgender, gender diverse, intersex, or nonbinary may request solitary confinement,” and they “should be given the opportunity to shower individually in a manner that prevents them from being seen by other incarcerated individuals.”

“Facility staff must provide incarcerated individuals with state-issued underwear up to the allowable limit upon request for individuals who are transgender, gender diverse, intersex, or non-binary, consistent with their gender identity, including any combination of these items,” the document also states. space is given.

When it comes to security checks, “pat-down and strip body searches of incarcerated individuals who are transgender, gender diverse, intersex, or nonbinary must be conducted in accordance with the gender of the facility to which they are assigned,” meaning that if a transgender inmate is being held in a male facility, the search must be conducted by male staff. If it is a facility owned by women, the search must be conducted by female staff.

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“The Department provides appropriate gender-related mental health and medical services to transgender, gender diverse, intersex, or nonbinary individuals during their incarceration. The document stated that DOC provides medical care that complies with WPATH standards of care.

Nearly $500,000 was paid out to taxpayers last year. Walz’s administration It was effectively a “litigation and settlement” plan by Gender Justice, a left-wing interest group that represented Craig “Christina” Lusk a year after the organization filed a gender discrimination complaint against the Minnesota DOC.

Lusk was released from state custody and placed under surveillance as of January 31. The settlement reached in this case included a total of $495,000 distributed among the three parties. Lusk received $245,903.72, Gender Justice was allocated $198,000, and Robins Kaplan LLP received $51,096.28 for legal fees.

In 2023, records provided by OpenTheBooks show Gender Justice received $448,904, including payments and $5,000 from DOC. Minnesota Department of Educationhowever, no further details regarding the second amount were investigated.

alleged complaint The DOC discriminated against Lusk for not placing the inmate in a women’s prison and for denying her requests for gender reassignment surgery.

Before An arrest in December 2018 Lusk, who was charged with drug possession and sentenced to five years in prison, underwent hormone therapy and underwent “bottom surgery” to remove his male genitalia.

The agreement also led to an update in policy that avoided the legislative process. DOC of Minnesota Agreeing to adopt the World Professional Association for Transgender Health’s (WPATH) Standards of Care for the treatment of inmates with gender dysphoria at taxpayer dollars.

“DOC is constitutionally obligated to provide medically necessary care to incarcerated individuals, including treatment of gender dysphoria,” said DOC Commissioner Paul Schnell. a statement In June 2023. “Based on the facts of this particular case, the incarcerated person will now have access to the medical care he needs and deserves, and we have a legal obligation to provide it.”

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Minnesota is now among 11 states and the District of Columbia that allow transgender inmates to be transferred to prison facilities that match their gender identity, not their biological sex. Walz has been an advocate for transgender rights throughout his time as governor.

Walz, old Army National Guard A former teacher, he was one of the first governors to sign into law a bill that made Minnesota a “sanctuary state” for children seeking transgender surgical procedures and hormone prescriptions. This laid the foundation for many of his more progressive LGBTQ policies.

Neither the Minnesota Department of Corrections, Governor Walz’s office, nor the Harris-Walz campaign responded to Fox News Digital’s inquiry by press deadline.

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