Advocates for the rights of incarcerated women cheered when President Trump signed Executive Order 14168, reversing a wide range of federal policies that elevate gender identity over sex, including in prisons. So why are men still in women’s prisons?

WoLF volunteer Julia Hing spoke with Amie Ichikawa, one of the founders of Women II Women, a support group for incarcerated women. Amie served five years in Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla and has first-hand knowledge of what goes on inside women’s prison. Along with her organization, Amie works with lawmakers, the media, and within the criminal justice system to bring awareness to the public of the plight of incarcerated women.

It was a failure for the legislature to have passed this statute, and for implementation of it to have begun, without meaningful engagement with incarcerated women and their representatives.

Two courts issued temporary restraining orders preventing the transfer of male prisoners who identify as transgender women to male prisons. More will follow.  

On December 16th, California District Attorney Eric DuTemple was ordered by a California court to refer to Tremaine Carroll, accused of raping two women, by his preferred pronouns of “she/her”.

Discover the latest news about WoLF on women's prisons, gender identity ideology, and women's sports - exciting updates you won't want to miss!

CA District Attorney DuTemple might become the first criminal prosecutor to be forced to refer to a convicted male rapist using opposite-sex pronouns in court. The motion may also force witnesses and victims of the man to refer to him as “she” and “her.”

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

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

New York Magistrate Judge Netburn's confirmation to a lifetime appointment failed thanks to a stunning bipartisan vote and dedicated WoLF supporters who sent "an avalanche" of letters to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

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.

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

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.

A Wall Street Journal Op-Ed by Lauren Bone and Jennifer Braceras shines a spotlight on the problem with “gender identity” in prison

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.