A recently released Washington state woman says her former cellmate, a biological man who is six feet, four inches tall and a “convicted, violent sexual predator,” repeatedly sexually assaulted her while she was forced to share a cell with him, according to a new lawsuit.
Christopher Scott Williams, 35, who did not change his name but identifies as female, received a transfer to the women's prison, where the offender allegedly quickly began harassing and threatening a female cellmate, according to a federal lawsuit against him. State. of Washington, its Department of Corrections and various corrections officials.
Referring to the defendant as “Mr. Williams” in a 13-page civil complaint, the plaintiff accuses correctional officials of depriving her of her constitutional rights, of cruel and unusual punishment, and of failing to recognize the risks of endangering “a completely intact biological body.” “man” with a violent history of sexual assault “in a cage” with women.
“Prison officials were well aware that allowing biological males into a female prison creates a substantially increased risk of harm to female prisoners, including intimidation, violence, and sexual assault,” their lawsuit reads.
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Christopher Scott Williams, a 35-year-old prisoner in Washington, in a mugshot. Williams identifies as female and is listed as an inmate at the Washington Correctional Facility for Women. (Washington State Department of Corrections)
Williams is currently listed as an inmate at the Washington Correctional Facility for Women.
In August, the cellmate went public with the allegations against Williams, telling National Review that he had often made sexual comments to her and that she would wake up to find him sitting on her bed.
At that point, he was allegedly removed from the woman's cell, but continued to harass her around the prison, according to the lawsuit.
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The exterior of the Washington Correctional Center for Women. (Google maps)
Williams' criminal history includes sexually abusing a family member when they were children, assaulting a guard while still incarcerated at a men's prison, and failing to register as a sex offender, according to the Review.
He was also sentenced to a men's prison for domestic abuse, the New York Post reported.
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A copy of the woman's Prison Rape Elimination Act report revealed that she once woke up to the sound of a guard banging on her cell in the middle of the night after the officer found Williams sitting on her bed while she was sleeping. , according to Reduxx.
In her lawsuit, the former inmate accuses state officials of depriving her of her First, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. She is seeking unspecified damages and legal costs.
