One of the most often overlooked battlegrounds in the war over gender ideology is the prison systems in western nations. It is an increasingly pressing issue, especially for female prisons that have chosen to house biological male inmates who identify as women.
Several have raised concerns about the possibility that a male inmate might pose as a transgender individual simply to have access to women for lascivious purposes.
An upcoming documentary series is set to shine more light on the problem and educate people on how prisons are kowtowing to the progressive gender agenda, which involves allowing biological males to force themselves into female spaces according to a Fox News Digital exclusive. This production could be yet another that sounds the alarm on the left’s trans agenda.
The series, titled "Cruel & Unusual Punishment: The Male Takeover of Women's Prisons," will consist of multi-episode interviews with various insiders, prison guards and female inmates on the impact of forcing biological women to share facilities with transgender women. Each episode will be approximately five to ten minutes long and available for free on IWF's YouTube account.
IWF director of storytelling Kelsey Bolar explained that the project was born out of a "desire to take a stance in this fight and be a voice for current and former female inmates who, sadly, don't have a voice."
"IWF has taken a stand in defense of women and girls and female spaces. Our investment in the area of women's prisons is really a natural continuation of our work to protect girls and women and women's spaces. It's unfortunate that up until now, no other women's groups have been willing to be a voice for female inmates, and in some cases, they have actively worked against them by lobbying to put men in women's prisons in the name of tolerance and inclusion," Bolar told Fox News Digital.
She added, "Once you hear these stories, I think it becomes pretty clear that there's nothing tolerant or inclusive about these policies. In fact, they are actively discriminating against women."
The documentary chronicles the journeys of several individuals who have been affected by this trend, including Amie Ichikawa, who had been incarcerated for five years at Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla. The facility brought a male inmate named Richard Masbruch into its population. He is a convicted rapist who identified as a woman.
Ichikawa recounted the effect this had on her psyche, explaining that “it was really a big blow to my mental health, my stability,” and that “just knowing how little concern and how much disdain that the state had for the whole female population was debilitating.”
She later founded an organization called Woman II Woman, which is dedicated to protecting the rights of female inmates. The activist dove deeper into how allowing biological males to occupy female prisons could pose a threat to their safety.
More unfortunately, Ichikawa noted that up to 92% of female prisoners have experienced abuse in their lives and could potentially face sharing facilities with biologically male sexual offenders.
"92% of incarcerated women in California have been battered or beaten or are subject to some form of sexual abuse. They're now forcibly housed with intact male inmates who 33.8% are registered sex offenders. So, to place women in a situation that's very similar to their initial trauma, many of which led them to their incarceration, is cruel and unusual. And it has caused a lot of complex PTSD symptoms that start up developing in the entire population," she said.
The series does not shy away from discussing disturbing details. Bolar mentioned that “you don’t realize these women are climbing up to their top bunk every night with a male sitting below them in their nightgown.”
The IWF is preparing to release the first episode of “Cruel & Unusual Punishment” next week. The series promises to be a critical examination of a highly controversial issue. By showcasing a wide range of voices and stories, the IWF aims to shed more light on this aspect of the progressive gender agenda and the overlooked ways in which it affects incarcerated women.
This is important for several reasons. For starters, the people impacted by those pushing gender ideology in the prison system deserve to have their voices heard. Much of the attention has focused on the push to promote gender ideology in the government-run school system – and rightly so. But this is also a serious issue that needs to be addressed.
Moreover, this documentary can be used to wake more people up to how the left is trying to erase concepts of gender. The reason why this perverse agenda has attained a level of success is that most people are not aware of the severity of the issue. Documentaries like this can help to educate the public so they can get involved in the effort to push back against progressive gender ideology.
