Former Corrections Officer Tells Riley Gaines About The Dangers Of Giving Into 'Trans' Inmates' Demands

On the latest episode of OutKick's Gaines For Girls podcast, Riley Gaines welcomes author, veteran, and former correctional officer Hector Bravo.

During the interview, Bravo talked to Gaines about some of the dangers that can come up if prisons give into the demands of male inmates who claim to be transgender, some of whom wind up being transferred into women's facilities.

Bravo began by saying how seeing male inmates wandering around the yards in muumuus and makeup is an odd site, but there's another danger potentially associated with it.

"Not to mention, (makeup) can be an escape paraphernalia. Changing your identity and being able to walk out the front door if someone's not privy to it."

Bravo said that sexual reassignment surgeries can also provide other issues. He told the story of one inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility who was taken to Beverly Hills for surgery.

"(He) got a surgery to go from male parts to female parts," Bravo said. "Came back and was bragging about how he was going to solicit himself on the yard for money with the other inmates."

But wait, there's more.

"There were complications with the surgery, so then he went ahead and sued the department, saying that they purposely botched the surgery."

Gaines asked what the outcome of that lawsuit was, but Bravo said it was new and added that cases like this in California are typically settled.

They also discussed whether most of these transgender inmates were genuine about their gender confusion or if there were sometimes ulterior motives.

"There are some inmates that will blatantly brag about manipulating the system," Bravo said. 

He then explained that due to the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act, officers must investigate alleged rapes in the prison. Bravo told the story of what one such investigation uncovered from his time as a sergeant at Donovan.

"An inmate claimed that he was raped by his cellmate," Bravo said adding that this required taking both the suspect and the victim to outside hospitals at separate times for examinations.

"That's all costing money, resources, time, energy," he said. "It comes back and the inmate straight up tells me, "He didn't rape me, we just broke up. That's my boyfriend, I thought I'd get back at him.

"You've got to understand, man, I'm level-headed, I have common sense," Bravo said. "And hearing that, it just doesn't sit right with me.

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Be sure to check out the full episode of Gaines For Girls featuring Riley Gaines' conversation with Hector Bravo when it drops on Wednesday.