A trans-identified male came to Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, the only women's facility in New Jersey, to present about "women's empowerment." The all-women's prison has had several violent male offenders come and commit crimes against female inmates.
In a report from Reduxx, a source inside the prison said that inmates were told the presenter, La’Nae Grant, would be speaking about gender identity.
Kokila Hiatt, an inmate, said, "Many women behaved in a polite manner by sitting and listening. A lot of people just tuned out. No one was anticipating what this event was really about. It was billed as a Women’s Empowerment Event. His picture was on the sign-up sheet, but this person visibly ‘passes’ as a woman, so no one thought anything of it when they signed up to attend."
"They were duped into attending something for this transgender person,” Hiatt continued.
According to Hiatt, the event was "government-funded and facilitated" as it took place inside the prison gym.
Grant, the trans-identified male, said in 2021 that he believed he was a gay man prior to taking on the identity as a woman, and began transitioning 10 years ago at the age of 28. Grant has since received genital surgery and chest implants.
Grant was appointed to the Board of Trustees for Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women last year by Governor Phil Murphy along with others who would work with the facility.
