No, really, it’s fine for women in prison to be forced to share their space with men. Absolutely fine.
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announces that the federal government has filed its Statement of Defence in an ongoing constitutional challenge to its policy permitting trans-identifying male inmates to be transferred to women’s prisons. The document reveals that trans-identifying male inmates have already faced sexual-assault charges following complaints by female inmates, even as Ottawa denies that its policy violates female inmates’ Charter right to life, liberty, and security of the person (section 7).
Well that’s because not being sexually assaulted is not any kind of right to life, liberty, and security of the person. Who do these women think they are, to think they have a right not to be raped?
Lawyers funded by the Justice Centre launched the constitutional challenge in April 2025 on behalf of Canadian Women’s Sex-Based Rights (CAWSBAR). The lawsuit challenges Correctional Service Canada’s Commissioner’s Directive 100: Gender Diverse Offenders, arguing that allowing trans-identifying male inmates to be housed in women’s prisons exposes female inmates to physical and psychological harm and violates their Charter rights.
But the men’s rights to access to women are far more important than women’s rights not to be accessible.
Constitutional lawyer Chris Fleury said, “The government’s own Defence shows that female inmates have made serious complaints about what has happened to them in women’s prisons, including complaints that resulted in sexual-assault charges.”
“Female inmates are being exposed to real risks and real harm. This case is about protecting their safety, dignity, and constitutional rights,” he added.
Meh. Women are always complaining.
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