Transgendered Prisoners & A Jobs Plan That is a Payoff to Labor Unions

Two-hundred sixty-one California state prisoners have requested transfers to facilities that house the opposite gender since a new law went into effect on Jan. 1 — and 255 of them have requested to move from a male to a female corrections facility. The law, SB 132, provides that a prisoner who self-identifies who is "transgender, nonbinary, or intersex" must be "addressed in a manner consistent with the incarcerated individual's gender identity," and be "housed at a correctional facility designated for men or women based on the individual's preference." The law applies "regardless of anatomy." Governor Gavin Newsom signed the law last September, declaring on that occasion that "our march toward equality takes an additional step forward."  Karen Straughan is scheduled to join me to discuss the ramifications of this moving forward.  Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Committee, is scheduled to join me to discuss Joe Biden’s so-called “Jobs Plan” which looks like little more than an attempt to pay off political allies, in this case, labor unions.