After multiple surgeries, transgender inmate wants out of male prison

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>>> THERE'S A NON

TRADITION PROBLEM

STARING THE STATE

CORRECTION SYSTEM

IN THE FACE.

THAT PROBLEM,

BORDER HOUSE

TRANSGENDER

INMATES.

AN INMATE WROTE TO

WRAL TELLING SHE'S

HAD MULTIPLE

SURGERIES TO

TRANSFORM FROM A

MAN TO A WOMAN AND

IS STILL ASSIGNED

TO A MEN'S PRISON.

WRAL AMANDA LAMB

INVESTIGATED.

>>Reporter: THE

STATE HAS A

COMPREHENSIVE POLL

SEE TO DEAL WITH

TRANSGENDER

INMATES.

BUT THIS IS LIKELY

THE FIRST TIME THEY

HAD A POST

OPERATIONAL

TRANSGENDER FEMALE

HOUSED IN A MALE

PRISON.

37-YEAR-OLD BROWN

WAS BORN MALE.

BUT SHE ALWAYS FELT

LIKE SHE WAS BORN

IN THE WRONG BODY.

IN 2012 SHE BEGAN A

SERIES OF SURGERIES

TO TRANSITION TO A

WOMAN.

FROM BREAST

AUGMENTATION TO

ANNIE REVERSAL MALE

TO FEMALE SURGERY

IN JULY OF 2017.

>> I AM A FEMALE

AND I'M GOING TO BE

TREATED AS A FEMALE

AND I -

>> IN OCTOBER OF

2017, BROWN WAS

SENTENCED TO NEARLY

TEN YEARS IN PRISON

FINANCE INSURANCE

FRAUD AND OTHER

CRIMES.

SHE'S LISTED AS

MALE UNDER HER

BIRTH NAME KEVIN

CHESTNUT AND

ASSIGNED TO HARNESS

CORRECTIONAL

INSTITUTION, A MALE

PRISON WHERE SHE

SLEEPS IN A ROOM

WITH 37 MEN AND

SHARES A BATHROOM

AND --

>> I HAVEN'T BEEN

SEXUALLY ASSAULTED,

BUT I DO FEAR WHEN

IT MAY HAPPEN DUE

TO THE SITUATION

I'M IN.

ME BEING A FEMALE

IN A MALE FACILITY.

>> SINCE 2017,

BROWN MADE PLEAS TO

THE FACILITIES

TRANSGENDER

ACCOMMODATION

REVIEW COMMITTEE,

AND TO THE STATE

DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC SAFETY

ASKING TO BE MOVED

TO A FEMALE PRISON.

>> I JUST DON'T

WANT TO BE AT A

MALE FACILITY

ANYMORE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S

FAIR.

I DON'T THINK IT'S

RIGHT.

>> I WORRY ABOUT

HER EMOTIONAL

STABILITY AND

MENTAL STABILITY IN

THE PLACE SHE'S AT.

>> BROWN'S FAMILY

INCLUDING HER

HUSBAND DION BROWN

ARE BEHIND HER.

>> EVERYBODY LOVES

HER.

EVERYBODY SHOULD

HAVE A SUPPORT

SYSTEM IN THEIR

LIFE ESPECIALLY

WHEN THEY'RE GOOD

INDIVIDUALS.

>> BROWN SAYS HIS

WIFE HAS REMORSE

FOR HER CRIMES --

>> HER WELL-BEING

AND SAFETY IS VERY

IMPORTANT TO ME AND

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT

THAT BECAUSE SHE'S

A FEMALE IN A

MALE'S PRISON.

>> DUE TO FEDERAL

PRIVACY LAWS, THE

DEPARTMENT OF

PUBLIC SAFETY CAN'T

TALK ABOUT THE

SPECIFICS OF THE

CASE, BUT THEY TELL

US IT'S UNDER

REVIEW BY A MULTI

DISCIPLINARY

COMMITTEE AND EVERY

SITUATION LIKE THIS

IS LOOKED AT ON A

CASE BY CASE BASIS.

>> BROWN NEEDS ONE

MORE SURGERY TO

COMPLETE HER

PHYSICAL

TRANSITION.

HE'S HOPEFUL SHE

CAN HAVE THE

SURGERY IN PRISON.

SHE'S ALSO HOPEFUL

THAT THE PRISON

SYSTEM WILL MOVE

HER TO A WOMAN'S

PRISON, IF NOT SHE

INTENDS TO FILE A