A Female Inmate’s Parole Was Revoked After She Criticized a Law Allowing Male Offenders To Be Housed in Women’s Prisons

(Via IW Features)

In 2022, Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) inmate Cathleen Quinn was approaching the light at the end of the tunnel. Incarcerated for nearly 20 years on a sentence of 15 years to life for second-degree murder, Quinn had been deemed suitable for parole. But three weeks away from freedom, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) revoked her grant for parole, leaving her behind bars for another five years.

Her transgression, Quinn believes, was daring to speak out against SB 132, a California law allowing male offenders to “self-identify” and be housed in women’s prisons. That’s because in February 2022, after reporting a male who was placed in her facility – and who allegedly peeped on her twice in the women’s restroom – Quinn was hit with a wrongful verdict of “institutional misconduct” and lost her chance to leave.