- Reaction score
- 24,695
- Location
- United states
"Males convicted of sexual and/or violent offenses – one a former inmate and another still behind bars – have been identified as being amongst the foremost activists of the cause to transfer male inmates into US and UK women’s prisons.
Jessica Phoenix Sylvia, an aged 45 inmate incarcerated in Intensive Management Unit/Violator Unit in Washington, pleaded guilty in October 2001 to the offense of Possession Of Child Pornography, and four months later to Fail To Register As Sex Offender. His criminal record also includes charges of Attempted Murder In The First Degree and Interfering With The Reporting Of Domestic Violence, and has received numerous infractions for being “aggressive and abusive” in custody. He was put in solitary confinement in September on suspicion of “starting a riot.” From prison, Sylvia has become an important activist for transgender-identifying inmates, launching the Gender Identity Justice campaign, and blogging extensively about the tribulations of life in prison as a “transgender woman.” Despite being white and labeled white on prison records, Sylvia repeatedly uses the self-descriptor “trans woman of color” Jessica Phoenix Sylvia describes himself as a “trans woman of color”"