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California Bill Seeks to Keep Men Out of Women’s Prisons

The bill would require the state to build separate prison facilities for transgender inmates at its two women’s prisons.
California Bill Seeks to Keep Men Out of Women’s Prisons
State Sen. Shannon Grove at a press conference in Sacramento on April 16, 2024. Courtesy of California State Senator Shannon Grove
Jill McLaughlin
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A California state lawmaker introduced legislation March 27 to keep males out of women’s prisons.

Sen. Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) filed Senate Bill 311 to require the state’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish separate housing for men identified as transgender within the state’s two women’s prisons.
Jill McLaughlin
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