WoLF has taken the next steps in our groundbreaking legal battle to get men out of California women’s prisons. The case, Chandler v. Macomber (formerly Chander v. CDCR), centers on six women incarcerated in California who have all faced harm by being forced to live, work, and share private, intimate spaces with men who claim to be women. 

The ACLU’s latest intervention in WoLF’s California prison lawsuit shows just how little they care about women’s safety, dignity, and rights

This past year, WoLF has significantly expanded our bench of legal expertise in service to our charitable mission. Learn about the critical US court cases deciding the fate of sex-based rights!

Meet the newest plaintiffs in WoLF’s groundbreaking prison lawsuit, Chandler v. CDCR

The ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishment’ series by Independent Women’s Forum shares the voice of Tomiekia Johnson, one of the six plaintiffs in WoLF’s lawsuit to overturn self-ID laws in California’s prisons.

The amended complaint adds two additional plaintiffs and three more years of evidence of the failure of prison “self-ID” policies like SB 132

WoLF Executive Director and Legal Director share first-hand accounts of the preliminary hearing of People v. Tremaine Carroll - a man charged with raping two women in custody while he was incarcerated at a women’s prison.

WoLF is committed to pursuing every legal avenue to justice for Janine, Tomiekia, Krystal, Nadia, and all incarcerated women in California

The report by the California Office of the Inspector General Report follows WoLF’s request for an investigation of the implementation of SB 132

Traditionally liberal organizations have abandoned women, and are now leading the fight to house male offenders in women’s prisons

The women of Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) are speaking out about being housed with Dana Rivers, né David Warfield, a man who slaughtered an entire family in one of the most violent anti-lesbian hate crimes. Even prior to his crimes, he spent decades harassing and terrifying women — all while claiming to be one.

Moss Group report documents escalation in gang activity, weapons, and sexual violence following an influx of men — even as it dismisses women’s concerns as “personal bias.”

New case documents submitted to the state examine the threat of pregnancy posed to female prisoners under “gender identity” policies

As the previous Undersecretary for the CA Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Jeff Macomber oversaw cruel and violent policies against female inmates through his implementation of SB 132 - effectively ending single-sex prisons for California women.

WoLF interviewed Amie Ichikawa from Woman II Woman about Sagal Sadiq - a female prisoner who went on a month-long hunger strike - during our interview, Crisis in the World’s Largest Women’s Prison,

As part of the progression of WoLF's lawsuit opposing SB 132 (Chandler vs. CDCR) - a law that places men into women’s prisons - WoLF obtained declarations containing sworn testimonies detailing how inmates are affected by its implementation.

The ACLU has some grand ideals when it comes to prisoner rights, but they are failing to walk-the-walk nearly so well as they talk-the-talk.

On May 31, 2022, the Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) submitted a brief in opposition to the state’s Motion to Dismiss our civil rights case opposing SB 132.

ACLU files brief arguing the state cannot deny men’s transfer requests due to “convictions or disciplinary history.”

On May 9, 2022, the ACLU filed a Motion to Intervene in WoLF’s California lawsuit challenging SB 132, which places men in women’s prisons if they self-identify as women.