WoLF’s amended complaint in the case of Chandler v. CDCR details years of abuse and trauma in California women’s prisons following the implementation of a 2020 law that allows male offenders, including rapists, to “self-identify” into being housed with female prisoners. The new filing includes detailed evidence of harm caused to women under this law, including violations of the First, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
This complaint, filed on July 19 2024, also introduces two additional plaintiffs to the case — Channel Johnson and Cathleen Quinn, both of whom were victimized by men transferred under SB 132. They join the four original plaintiffs: Janine Chandler, Krystal Gonzalez, Tomiekia Johnson, and Nadia Romero.