ACLU Sues Washington Department of Corrections to Readmit Male Felon to Women’s Prison

A transgender-identifying male felon who murdered his parents sued the Washington State Department of Corrections on Tuesday for moving him back to a men’s prison after he was caught in a prohibited sexual encounter with a female inmate while being housed in the state’s women’s prison.

The ACLU filed a discrimination lawsuit on Bryan Kim’s behalf, asking a Washington court to either return him to the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) or release him entirely. The court petition claimed that Kim’s transfer to the Monroe Correctional Facility qualified as cruel punishment, forbidden by the Washington Constitution, by exposing Kim to an imminent danger of violence, sexual assault, and harassment.

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A transgender-identifying male felon who murdered his parents sued the Washington State Department of Corrections on Tuesday for moving him back to a men’s prison after he was caught in a prohibited sexual encounter with a female inmate while being housed in the state’s women’s prison.

The ACLU filed a discrimination lawsuit on Bryan Kim’s behalf, asking a Washington court to either return him to the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) or release him entirely. The court petition claimed that Kim’s transfer to the Monroe Correctional Facility qualified as cruel punishment, forbidden by the Washington Constitution, by exposing Kim to an imminent danger of violence, sexual assault, and harassment.