After having intercourse with transgender convicts, two women at New Jersey’s only all-women’s prison became pregnant.

The unidentified pregnant women are being held at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, which the New Jersey Governor announced plans to close last year.

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The sex was consensual in both cases, according to prison officials.

It’s unknown if the women had intercourse with the same transgender inmate or with two distinct transgender detainees. Edna Mahan is home to 27 transsexual inmates and approximately 800 women in total. It’s also unclear how far along the two inmates are in their pregnancies and whether they intend to keep them going. An investigation has been initiated into the matter.

Last year, the correctional facility began housing transgender women, including those who had not yet had gender reassignment surgery.

This was part of a settlement reached following a lawsuit filed by a trans woman and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey.

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On Tuesday, ACLU legal director Jeanne LoCicero supported the program, claiming that it assured that trans prisoners’ rights were not abused.

‘[It’s] consistent with New Jersey’s robust anti-discrimination statutes, which prohibit discrimination and harassment based on gender identification,’ she said.

The only women’s prison in the Garden State, Edna Mahan, does not require transgender inmates to undergo gender reassignment surgery in order to be incarcerated there.

Following several allegations of abuse at the jail, DOC’s external affairs executive director Dan Sperrazza told NJ.com that the pregnant women had willingly engaged in intercourse. ‘While DOC cannot comment on any specific disciplinary or housing decisions that may be considered in light of these events, the Department always reserves all options to ensure the health and safety of the individuals in its custody,’ Sperrazza said.

After being harassed by transgender inmates, two Edna Mahan inmates filed a lawsuit in 2021, requesting that the gender identity regulation be overturned.

The women also stated that transgender detainees had sexual relations with cisgender inmates.

Critics of the ACLU deal contend that it adds yet additional burden to a state jail that has been plagued by frightening claims of guard abuse and rape over the last decade.

The union representing Edna Mahan correctional officers published a statement condemning the facility’s policy of incarcerating transgender females.

Following a complaint filed in 2019 by a transgender woman who claimed she was forced to reside in men’s prisons for a year and a half, Edna Mahan began housing transgender convicts in July 2021.

In state prisons, the policy provides further protections for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people, most notably by housing them according to the gender they identify with rather than the sex assigned at birth.

The regulation allows inmates to give information about their gender identity at any point throughout their sentence.

Single-cell housing while final housing decisions are made; the ability to shower separately from other inmates; the right to have input into housing decisions and to appeal those decisions; and a prohibition on physical examinations to determine an inmate’s genital status are among the other safeguards.

Male officers will not be allowed to pat down or strip search transgender women. According to the ACLU, the policy will be in place for at least a year.

The woman, known in court filings as Sonia Doe, will also receive $125,000 in damages and $45,000 in attorneys’ costs as part of the settlement, and will not face any penalties in connection with an incident that occurred in prison in May 2019.