A transgender inmate who identifies as female, and was locked up in a women’s only prison in New Jersey, has been moved to another facility after impregnating two women earlier this year.
NJ Advance Media reports Demi Minor, 27, was transferred to Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, a prison for young adult offenders in Burlington County, last month, Dan Sperrazza, a Department of Corrections (DOC) spokesman, said. Minor was moved by the DOC to the vulnerable unit at the facility. The inmate is serving a 30-year sentence for manslaughter, according to the outlet.
Minor claimed during the transfer to the other facility that correctional officers beat him. In a statement, the DOC said it couldn’t comment on an ongoing investigation.
“NJDOC cannot comment on any active investigations,” the statement said. “The Department has zero tolerance for abuse, and the safety and security of the incarcerated population and staff are of critical importance.”
Minor’s transfer followed the discovery last April that the transgender inmate had impregnated two women during “consensual sexual relationships,” according to NJ Advance Media.
In June of 2021, New Jersey adopted a policy requiring state prisons to house transgender people according to their gender identity rather than their sex at birth, according to NBC News.
The policy was instituted following a settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey after a lawsuit was filed by a trans inmate who had been housed in men’s prisons for a year and a half. The policy expired last month after being in effect for one year.
Sperrazza told NJ Advance Media the DOC continues to operate under the policy agreed upon with the ACLU but added that “the department is currently reviewing the policy for housing transgender incarcerated persons with the intention of implementing minor modifications.” Minor will be eligible for parole in 2037, the outlet reported. READ MORE
