A former inmate at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), Mozzy Clark-Sanchez, has initiated legal proceedings against the Washington Department of Corrections, alleging sexual harassment and assault.
The lawsuit claims that Clark-Sanchez was forced to share a cell with a biological male inmate, Christopher Williams, who had been transferred from a men's prison after self-identifying as a woman. Williams, a convicted pedophile serving a 28.5-year sentence for a violent assault on his former girlfriend, is alleged to have subjected Clark-Sanchez to repeated sexual harassment and assault.
As reported by The Post Millennial, the lawsuit alleges that Williams, a 6'4" man previously convicted of child rape, would frequently describe sexual acts he wished to perform on Clark-Sanchez and would touch her inappropriately while she slept. The suit further alleges that prison officials ignored Clark-Sanchez's concerns and attempted to dissuade her from filing official complaints. The lawsuit also claims that the policies of the WCCW and the Department of Corrections, which allow biologically male prisoners with known histories of violence and sexual offenses to be housed in women's facilities, violate the constitutional rights of female inmates.
Clark-Sanchez, a survivor of child rape, is seeking damages for emotional distress, humiliation, and violations of her constitutional rights under the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. She has also requested punitive damages and attorney's fees. In August, Clark-Sanchez was informed that her 2022 Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) case against Williams had been referred to the state police.
Court documents reveal that Williams was transferred from a mens prison in Washington state to WCCW in 2021 after changing his gender identity to female. This transfer was made possible by the Washington Department of Corrections' gender-inclusion policies, implemented in 2020 by Democrat Governor Jay Inslee. These policies allow male convicts to be admitted to female-only prisons if an administrative panel approves their gender dysphoria diagnosis.
Williams' criminal history includes a 2005 arrest for first-degree child molestation. At the age of 16, he confessed to touching his 9-year-old sisters genitalia outside her clothing on multiple occasions. Williams' father also disclosed that Williams had molested his sister when she was 6-years-old. After spending 2 years and 8 months in a counseling center in Utah, Williams was released and ordered to register as a sex offender. He was later convicted of failing to register as a sex offender, a class C felony, in 2009 and 2010. In 2012, Williams was sentenced to 342 months in prison for a domestic violence incident in which he was found guilty of first-degree assault. While in prison, Williams allegedly assaulted a male prison guard, leaving him unconscious and requiring facial reconstruction surgery.
Despite the serious allegations and the ongoing lawsuit, Williams continues to be housed at the WCCW. In a similar case, Amber FayeFoxKim, a trans-identifying male who previously went by Bryan Kim, was removed from the WCCW and transferred back to a mens prison after being caught having sex with a 25-year-old female inmate. Kim, serving a life sentence for murdering his parents, has filed a petition arguing that the transfer to a men's prison constitutes cruel punishment.
Kim was originally housed at a men's facility but was transferred to WCCW in 2021 under the state Department of Correction's gender-inclusion policy. Following his transfer, female inmates reported instances of sexual exploitation by male inmates who identified as female, including numerous cases of sexual assault by convicted transgender felons. Despite official denials, redacted documents obtained by The Ari Hoffman Show on Talk Radio 570 KVI show that as of October 2023, there are approximately 62 trans-identifying males in the prison population, including rapists and child rapists. The documents also listed multiple substantiated instances of "inmate-on-inmate sexual harassment."
In spite of a hiring freeze instituted by Governor Inslee in response to a budget deficit, the Washington DOC recently advertised a six-figure salary position for a Gender Affirming Medical Specialist for inmates. Furthermore, Washington has already spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on gender reassignment surgeries, hormone replacement therapies, and other gender-affirming healthcare for transgender-identifying inmates.
The Post Millennial reached out to the Washington Department of Corrections for comment on these allegations and the broader implications of their gender-inclusion policies. The lawsuit brought forth by Clark-Sanchez underscores the potential dangers of such policies, particularly for vulnerable women in correctional facilities. It remains to be seen how the Department of Corrections will respond to these serious allegations and whether any changes to their policies will be forthcoming.
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