On August 6, WDI USA, joined by the groups Democrats for an Informed Approach to Gender and Women are Real, filed an amicus brief before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in the matter of Chandler v. Macomber.
This is an important case involving the rights of incarcerated women to freedom of speech and equal protection of the law, and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment. The case was brought by the Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) on behalf of six women who are incarcerated in the California Central Women’s Facility, and are being forced to share cells with men who call themselves women, thanks to California’s SB 132.
We are asking the 9th Circuit to reverse the decision of a lower court to dismiss WoLF’s amended complaint.
From the brief:
The fact that male inmates who claim to be “transgender” are being housed in women’s prisons across the country should be a national scandal. There is simply no valid reason for housing male inmates in women’s prisons regardless of whether such inmates label themselves “transgender.”
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Amici agree with the claims set forth in the amended complaint as to equal protection, cruel and unusual punishment, and freedom of speech and religion. Amici will provide additional commentary on the equal protection issue and explain why injunctive relief is warranted under the Equal Protection Clause specifically.
Amici oppose the general practice of housing male inmates in women’s prisons and will explain why housing any men in women’s prisons is dangerous, inappropriate, and insulting to women as a sex class.
Read or download the full amicus brief below:
