I might not be understanding something, but if she's being placed in solitary, I'm not really sure what difference it makes what type of facility she's put into. My understanding is that you don't get to interact with anybody in solitary, regardless of gender. I can't imagine there's too many gender-specific accommodations that are made in these situations.

She was put into solitary because she refused to be transferred.

Ahh, gotcha. I see now, I originally thought she was being put straight into solitary from the start. That definitely changes things then.

This is one of those tough stories that really challenges your morals. Part of me wants to take her side, because no woman should be forced into a men's prison, trans or not. But then there's another part of me which feels a bit indifferent to the suffering of a murderer. Part of me thinks "just put her in solitary back in the women's prison", but then another part of me thinks "actually we shouldn't have solitary confinement in any prisons in the first place". It's just an awful situation from every angle.

She was raping another prisoner. That’s why she being moved. There is no consensual sex in prison.

Solitary confinement is needed in some situations. This isn’t one of them. It is overused but should never be used as a punishment. It should be used to keep people safe.

It’s a blurb of an article and I don’t know the backstory to know what the right answer is.

To me it doesn’t matter if she murdered someone or not. The prison system is supposed to be dispassionate about the crime.

There is no consensual sex in prison.

Between guards and inmates. Inmates are on a level playing field and can have consensual sex. Unless of course you’re talking about legal technicalities in which case, the suffering is the point.

No images cannot have sex in prism with other inmates. It is prohibited.

So the suffering is the point. Got it.

Too much of a power dynamic. It causes to many issues in the facility for the staff and other inmates.

Typically it’s ignored in most cases but when it’s an issue they move inmates to other facilities.

And they couldn’t move her to another women’s facility? or another unit in the same facility? They had to go straight to men’s genpop? I also don’t buy that sex among peers causes too many issues. Unless it’s criminal, in which case you’d deal with it on that front. Because if that was true we’d have to make sex among peers a crime in normal society too.

I have no clue why they moved her to a male facility. It’s not in the article. Until more comes out on the case, it’s a mystery.

I suspect this is a maximum security and I have no clue how many they have for women in Washington.

In Nevada where my girlfriend worked in the prison system, they only have one for women. They’d move them to another section of the prison if possible or send them out of state.

Overall though they led it slide as long as there were no issues.

So we’re not aware of any issues, just the ridiculous rule, and cruel transfer. Have I got that right?

No it does not appear that you have it right. The rule isn’t ridiculous at all and we don’t know why the person was transferred. She assumes that is the reason and it’s a fair assumption. Prison isn’t summer camp. It’s there to keep the communities safe by removing bad elements.