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Female inmate sues Washington state after alleged attack by male-born prisoner in women's facility
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A female inmate in Washington state is suing corrections officials after she says she was brutally attacked by a male-born prisoner housed in a women’s facility under the state’s gender-identity housing policy.Faith Booher-Smith, who is incarcerated at the Washington Corrections Center for Women, alleges in a federal lawsuit that she was "violently attacked" by inmate Christopher Williams, a convicted sex offender who had been transferred to the prison after identifying as female.According to the complaint, the August 2025 assault happened in a common area when Williams allegedly approached Booher-Smith from behind, struck her in the face, grabbed her hair and threw her to the ground before "kicking her repeatedly."She suffered visible injuries, including facial bruising, swelling and a laceration inside her mouth, the filing states.MY CLIENT WAS LOCKED IN A CAGE, VICTIMIZED BY A BIOLOGICAL MALE AT A WOMEN'S PRISON. WHAT ABOUT HER RIGHTS? A handcuffed man stands behind prison bars. (Getty Images)The lawsuit, backed by the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR) and supported by the America First Policy Institute, argues the attack was the predictable result of a policy that allows inmates to be housed based on gender identity rather
Female inmate allegedly pummeled by transgender prisoner sues Washington state
An inmate is challenging Washington state’s policy allowing biological males to be housed in female prisons based on gender identity, saying she was beaten up by a convicted child sex offender who identifies as female. The America First Policy Institute sued on behalf of the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, which opposes gender ideology, and Faith Booher-Smith, 28, a prisoner at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor. Booher-Smith said she was attacked in the cafeteria by transgender inmate Christopher Scott Williams. “For apparently no reason known to Ms. Booher-Smith, Williams approached her silently from behind and struck her on the side of her face with his fist, then grabbed her hair and threw her to the ground before kicking her repeatedly with such force that she sustained visible injuries, including, facial bruising, a laceration in her mouth, and swelling to her jaw and eye,” said the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. An elderly female guard witnessed the attack last Aug. 7, but “froze” and “screamed in fear for her safety” instead of intervening, according to the filing. “Williams is a six-foot-four, ’biologically intact’ male and convicted child sex offender
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