Female prison guards in California now have to strip search TiMs or lose their jobs - F the Democrats in the California state legislature for passing the BARBARIC men in women's prison law, and F Gavin Newsom for signing it

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[–]GConly 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

For the non Americans..

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) – A correctional officer for California State Prison Sacramento in Folsom says she and several other female correction officers are upset over a new law requiring strip searches involving transgender inmates.

FOX40 is calling the officer “Annie” because she doesn’t want to be identified.

She says she fears she will be fired from her job as a corrections officer if prison administrations know her identity.

According to Annie, she and other correctional officers are not comfortable with the new law and new rules they must follow.

The law Annie is referring to is Senate Bill 132, known as “The Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act.”

SB 132 requires “the department, for a person who is transgender, nonbinary, or intersex to only conduct a search of that person according to the search policy for their gender identity or according to the gender designation of the facility where they are housed, based on the individual’s search preference.”

“They’ve already said we will be written up. All the way up to termination,” said Annie.

In an internal email obtained by FOX40, the prison administration says, “Female staff that do not want to perform the strip out will be given a direct order by the supervisor to perform the strip out and if they still refuse that supervisor will author a memo and provide it to the facility captain in regards to insubordination.”

“You’re ordered to go strip out this inmate in a secure room … it takes your power away,” Annie said. “Where’s the boundaries? Boundaries are gone.”

Judah Joslyn, director of Transgender Advocacy at the Trans Youth Collective, says those in the trans community are more likely to come in contact with violence and abuse in the prison system.

It’s a statistic that SB 132 also notes: “In California, a study of the state’s prisons found that the rate of sexual assault for transgender women in those prisons was 13 times higher than for men in the same prisons.”

“The prison system itself is the problem. It’s not just an issue between the inmates and the guards. It’s the system as a whole that creates this issue,” Joslyn said.

Joslyn says the issue is ongoing and there is no immediate fix.

“Everybody deserves to feel safe. Regardless of your circumstances,” Joslyn said. “They’re human beings, and they deserve to feel safety.”

This is do going to end up with a female staff member being sexually assaulted in some way.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

What if the female prison guards simply self-identify as something other than women?

[–]our_team_is_winning 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Their union should shut this shit down. SHOULD. Won't. But should.

[–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks to Ovarit for this:

https://ovarit.com/o/GenderCritical/26854/law-meant-to-protect-transgender-inmates-sees-pushback-from-female-correctional

[–]Baileyscheesecakes 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that strip searches did not involve actually touching the prisoner, but simply observing the anal region while the person coughed. For any body cavity search deemed necessary, a medical professional was called in.

[–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Wow - can you imagine if that were your job? I hope they get full benefits and an all expenses paid trip to Maui every year.

I don't know, but I'm guessing if what you say is true, female guards still have to pat down intimate areas of prisoners. Otherwise why are these female correction officers so freaked out?

[–]Baileyscheesecakes 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ugh, not a pretty sight, to be sure! My source of information on strip searches is Google. It could be those sources were too general and not specific to prisons. Nothing was said about pat-downs, but there was mention of using a secure room with only the prisoner and the examiner. Justification was needed for anyone else to be present. I could see a female guard being reluctant to be alone with someone who could overpower her, but you'd think the prisoner would be handcuffed and/or restrained and that at least one other guard would be present for her safety. Then again, these precautions may be offensive to the TRAs. I would like to hear more details from the female guards about their power and boundaries being taken away.

[–]BEB[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think enough of a stink has been raised about men being allowed into women's prisons in California that there is going to be some oversight, if from no one else but concerned groups. I just hope it's effective enough to stop the rapes and sexual assaults of prisoners and correction officers.

The sad part is that California is not the first US state to allow men in women's prisons: this has been going on under our noses. I'm only glad that finally this atrocity is being brought to light.

As I mentioned, Maine state Democrats are trying to push through a bill that would allow men in women's prisons, but if we raise enough awareness now, maybe we can prevent that.

Anyone in Maine, please get involved in stopping this bill! These incarcerated women can't help themselves, and the female guards most probably live paycheck-to-paycheck and can't afford to lose their jobs, so we need to help them as much as we can.

[–]hfxB0oyA 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

His stubbled lips, unshaven for 2 days, quiver as he walks into the processing room. His heart races and his breath catches in his throat. "I'm...ready for my cavity search".

[–]BEB[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Great piece of writing! But enraging too, because what you wrote will probably happen to some poor female corrections officer.

[–]hfxB0oyA 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks! And also, ick - I know. :(