Transgender inmate in B.C. wins right to move to a federal prison for women
VANCOUVER — A transgender inmate in British Columbia has won a years-long battle to serve the remainder of her sentence for first-degree murder at a women’s prison.
Fallon Aubee is one of the first federal prisoners to relocate under policy changes at Correctional Services Canada that allow inmates to transfer facilities based on gender identity and not physical anatomy, said Jennifer Metcalfe, a spokeswoman for the West Coast Prison Justice Society.
“It’s a really big deal,” she said.
Metcalfe is a lawyer who heads the organization’s legal-aid clinic that advocates for transgender inmates.