A former inmate who was incarcerated in the women’s prison on Riker’s Island alleges that during her imprisonment, New York City sent a transgender woman there but they turned out to be heterosexual man seeking to prey on women.
A woman identified as “Rose Doe” filed a civil suit claims she was sexually assaulted by an inmate who identified as a trans woman while serving time in the Rose M. Singer women’s jail. The woman told NBC New York the man told her straight up, “I’m not transgender. I’m straight. I like women.” However, she claims the Department of Corrections staff instructed her to feed into the farce that this man was a trans woman so he could stay in the female portion of the jail and have access to the other women as he pleased.
The suit also states on multiple occasions, the woman filed a complaint about being groped, sexually assaulted and raped but to no avail. If that doesn’t sound vile enough, the woman alleges that this inmate in question has been on the radar for other, related crimes.
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In August of last year, the prisoner accused of raping Rose Doe was transferred to a maximum security prison for men after pleading guilty to the felony assault charges which originally landed him in Rikers.
Prior to the alleged rape, Rose Doe’s attorneys say there was ample evidence that introducing the new detainee to a female dorm might be dangerous, including jail disciplinary records showing the accused perpetrator had five open complaints recorded under the Prison Rape Elimination Act, a 2003 law that standardized the process for filing complaints about alleged sexual misconduct behind bars.
The Rose Doe also alleged she was not given the proper treatment following these traumatizing incidents including mental or medical health services. In a letter cited in the lawsuit, she said the jail investigators concluded there was “insufficient evidence” to determine whether the incidents she reported actually happened, the report says.
“Whether or not this person was truly or not transgender ignores the fact that you had a history of complaints of predatory behavior,” attorney Nicholas Liakas said to NBC New York. “This individual had documented complaints of harassment. It culminated with a rape after being ignored.”