A male inmate — who identifies as a woman and was moved to a male prison after having sex with a female inmate — filed a lawsuit claiming the move was “unconstitutionally cruel.”
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Washington, which is representing Bryan Kim, who goes by Amber FayeFox Kim, filed a lawsuit on December 17.
The suit claimed that the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) is “forcing Ms. Kim to live in a single-sex prison that does not align with her gender identity and placing her at imminent risk of violence.”
Kim, who had spent over three years in a women’s prison, was transferred to a men’s prison in June 2024 after a “single, non-violent infraction issued after Ms. Kim was caught having consensual sex with her roommate,” according to the petition filed.
“For the first time in Washington’s history, the Washington State…
