Transgender victims, born male California convict Those accused of raping fellow inmates at a women's prison in California will be forced to monitor their use of pronouns while recounting alleged attacks on the stand, under a recent court order.
Tremaine “Tremayne” Dionne Carroll, 52, identifies as a woman and must be referred to use she/she pronouns in court after a Madera District Court judge ruled, ABC30 reported.
Carroll faces two counts of forcible rape and one count of “dissuading a witness from testifying.”
“After his first cellmate became pregnant and was transferred to an (all-male facility) in Los Angeles, two other cellmates complained that he had raped them, so we filed rape charges against that inmate,” the Madera County District Attorney said. Sally Moreno told ABC30.
Tremaine “Tremaine” Dion Carroll, 52, a violent felon imprisoned in California, has been charged with rape in Madera County. Carol, a transgender person, was housed in a women's correctional facility upon request and was transferred to a men's facility after being indicted for rape. (Kddak)
Moreno believes Carroll abused California law SB 132, the Transgender Respect, Agency, and Dignity Act, which allows transgender prisoners to be housed in a facility consistent with their gender identity on a systematic basis rather than on a case-by-case basis.
“This is a character who is not a woman in any sense of the word,” Moreno told ABC30.
“There is no psychological evaluation that needs to be done,” Moreno said of the 2021 bill. “This person does not need to take cross-sex hormones, does not need to register for transgender surgery, does not need to (have) a psychological evaluation regarding gender confusion, just stating it is enough.”
The recent ruling regarding Carroll's pronouns affects Moreno's ability to do so Prosecute the caseShe said.
“That's a special issue in this case because it's confusing for the jury. In California, rape is a crime that must be committed by a man,” Moreno said.
Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla on December 5, 2008. (Thomas Ovalle/Fresno Bee File/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) (File Thomas O'Faly/Fresno Bee/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Supervising District Attorney Eric Dutemple told the outlet that the sentence was unfair to Carroll's victims.
“It is absolutely crazy that the victim had to stand on the stand and watch the use of pronouns when trying to recite one of the most horrific times of his life,” Dutemple said.
“It is absolutely insane that a victim had to stand on stage and watch the use of pronouns when trying to recite one of the most horrific times of his life.”
CDCR wrote in a statement that they are unable to comment on pending lawsuits against inmates.
“CDCR reviews each request to be transferred under Senate Bill 132 to determine whether the move, based on factors of the individual's case, would pose safety and management concerns. At all of our institutions, CDCR thoroughly investigates all allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct, and sexual harassment pursuant to our zero-tolerance policy and as mandated by the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act,” read the statement to ABC 7.
Amy Ichikawafounder and executive director of Women II Women and a former inmate who closely followed Carroll's case, previously told Fox News Digital that there was no history of Carroll identifying as any type of LGBTQ+ person until the passage of SB 132.
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Amy Echikiwa spoke to Fox News Digital about her experience with a transgender inmate while at a facility in California. (Independent Women's Forum)
“This is someone I've been watching closely because of his history, his background, his habitual manipulation, filing one frivolous lawsuit after another, constantly filing complaints against everyone. I knew this was going to be a problem.” Ishikawa said.
She continued: “The committee that reviews these transfer requests cannot use someone’s criminal history, physical characteristics, sexual orientation, or anything like that.” “Anything that you think is a factor that should be taken into consideration before transferring someone to a women’s prison is not permitted and is considered discriminatory.”
In several complaints reported by Reduxx, Carroll uses she/him pronouns to refer to himself and did not mention gender identity or sexuality until 2021, three months after the Democratic-controlled California Legislature passed SB 132.
Court records show that Carroll's criminal history It began on charges of grand theft of property and possession of a firearm by a 15-year-old minor in 1988.
State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat, greets a crowd during the 53rd annual Pride Parade and Celebration in San Francisco on June 25, 2023. Wiener sponsored SB 132, which allows transgender inmates to be housed in a preferred facility for men or women. (Getty Images)
In 1990, Carroll, then an adult, was charged with three counts of kidnapping for ransom, two counts of robbery, and three counts of “oral copulation by force,” according to records. However, some charges were dismissed on technicalities and the case ended in a hung jury and a mistrial. Instead of being retried, Carroll pleaded guilty to two counts of kidnapping and was sentenced to 10 years and eight months in prison.
Carroll's third strike under California's three strikes law came in 1998 when he was the getaway driver in a jewelry store robbery, resulting in a 25-year prison sentence as guilty of three strikes. While awaiting trial in 1999, sheriff's deputies, acting on a tip from a confidential informant, found he was in possession of a metal wire leg. He was given an additional four years to run consecutively with his term extending to 25 years.
In prison, Carroll committed several serious violations of the rules between 2001 and 2015. His crimes included fighting with other inmates, refusing to obey commands, drug possession, filing a false report against a peace officer, and “conduct that could lead to violence,” according to the website. Court records. He also filed numerous complaints alleging racial discrimination and sexual misconduct by CDCR employees.
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“Tremaine has a long history of filing lawsuits against the department, numerous lawsuits,” Ichikawa said. “He is constantly writing inmate complaints about anyone and everyone who could have a negative influence on him.”
In a 2022 op-ed for the San Francisco Bayview, a “national black newspaper,” Carroll again claimed to be a victim of discrimination and sexual misconduct by CDCR employees.
The following year, MindSiteNews interviewed Carroll for an article that described her as “an incarcerated transgender woman who has been instrumental in several prison lawsuits.” Carroll told the interviewer that he “never felt the need” to outwardly identify with anything or “put on lipstick or wear tight clothes or try to change my voice” because doing so would “put me in a box.”
Fox News Digital's Christopher Pandolfo and Michael Ruiz contributed to this report
