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Protesters gathered outside Minnesota’s only women’s prison...

Protesters speak out against ‘barbaric’ policy allowing men in Shakopee women’s prison

Protesters gathered outside Minnesota’s only women’s prison Sunday afternoon to voice their “grave concerns for the women incarcerated at MCF-Shakopee today.” Their message was clear: “men are not, and never can be, women,” said Kerri Bruss, one of the co-organizers of the demonstration. “There are areas of life where the physical and biological differences between the two sexes must be recognized and respected to assure the safety, privacy, and dignity of women and girls, with sex-segregated prisons topping that list,” she said. Since 2023, the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) has allowed...

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