A female prisoner was thrown into a locked cell at a Massachusetts prison after she told authorities she was allegedly raped by one of at least four transgender sex predators housed there, a report has claimed.
According to an investigation conducted by The Hill, MCI-Framingham, the state’s all-female prison, is punishing biological female inmates who speak up about alleged abuse at the hands of transgender inmates who also call it home.
One incarcerated woman, who requested anonymity due to fear of retaliation, told the outlet she informed MCI-Framingham officials she was raped by a male prisoner who identifies as transgender in November. The alleged attacker has not been named.
In return, prison authorities have locked her up in restrictive housing and only allow her to leave her dreary cell once a day to take a quick shower, the woman has reportedly claimed.
‘It feels like I’m being punished for speaking up,’ the female prisoner told the publication.
‘They are treating me as if I should have kept my mouth shut – as if it’s my fault, or as though I should have defended myself.’
Per the extensive report, seriously violent criminals, including sex predators, child rapists, domestic abusers, and killers, can gain access to female inmates just by telling officials they identify as a woman.
The request is made possible by the state’s 2018 Criminal Justice Reform, which allows biologically male offenders convicted of those frightening crimes to be housed at the female-only prison in Massachusetts.
MCI-Framingham, Massachusetts’s only all-female prison, is home to several transgender inmates who have allegedly been sexually abusing women inmates, according to a new report
Other protections transgender inmates get behind bars in the state include care for how they are searched, housed, and addressed, all according to their self-identified gender.
While it is not know who the woman’s allegations are referring to, a number of high-profile transgender inmates call the prison home.
One inmate who got into the prison because of the guidelines is Kenneth Hunt.
Hunt, who now goes by Katheena, was convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering two women, including a cousin, according to legal documents reviewed by the Daily Mail.
Hunt’s cousin was found dead in her apartment by her boyfriend on January 5, 1982.
According to an autopsy, the woman was stabbed more than four dozen times and was sexually molested with a broom, court documents stated.
Just two years prior, a 29-year-old woman was also found dead in her apartment after suffering multiple stab wounds, the filing said.
Hunt is currently serving a life sentence at Framingham.
A previously convicted criminal is also serving time at Framingham as a level three sex offender.
Charlese Horton, who formerly went by Charles, was previously convicted of kidnapping and assaulting a child before being taken into custody again in 2019 on several charges, including repeatedly abducting and raping a 14-year-old at gunpoint.
Horton, who now identifies as transgender, was sent to MCI-Framingham in July.
A fourth transgender inmate, Wayne ‘Veronica’ Raymond, is in prison for life for raping multiple children.
Raymond was allowed to live among women at the prison after being denied parole six times for failing to ‘demonstrate a level of rehabilitation,’ The Hill reports.
Officials determined Raymond was found ‘compatible with the welfare of society.’
Charlese Horton was granted access to the all-female prison this past July after identifying as transgender. Horton is convicted of repeatedly abducting and raping a 14-year-old at gunpoint
According to the report, these are just some of the transgender inmates living inside the prison, and a number of them have stopped their hormone treatment after they arrived there.
In addition to the alleged sexual abuse, female prisoners have no choice but to share communal spaces, including showers, with transgender inmates, the report detailed.
In July, transgender inmates were told they have a designated shower period while female prisoners stay locked in their cells, but instead, they have chosen to shower in the communal area when everyone else does, the outlet reported.
Meanwhile female officers have to conduct strip searches of transgender inmates who specially request authority figures of the same ‘gender identity.’
To date, no transgender prisoner has been removed from Framingham, according to the outlet.
The Daily Mail contacted the Massachusetts Department of Corrections for comment.
