Apr 18, 2023 · In another letter, inmate Kokila Hiatt, said “I personally have been threatened with violence and multiple false allegations for speaking up.” Hiatt, who was convicted under the name of Jessica...

May 6, 2023 · Kokila Hiatt. Photo provided by inmate and published with consent. At that time, the prison administration informed us that if we complained about the influx of male inmates, we would be punished.

Apr 14, 2023 · In one testimony, inmate Kokila Hiatt wrote about what she said was the reality of what happens when biological men who say they identify as women arrive at the prison.

Jul 23, 2022 · In an interview with Reduxx, incarcerated woman Kokila Hiatt reported that the administrative decision to separate the five males from the female inmates was motivated by the intention of protecting the women.

May 31, 2023 · Most recently, inmate Kokila Hiatt penned an article clarifying her reasons for speaking out against the gender identity policy, despite the dangers involved. Hiatt emphasized that women in prison are frequently victims of sexual abuse.

May 2, 2010 · ATLANTIC COUNTY — Two New Jersey women have received lengthy sentences for the hammer killing of a man whose body was found in a wooded area of Atlantic County. Twenty-three-year-old Ashley...

Apr 16, 2023 · At the protest, activists Jennifer Thomas and Brittany Ortiz read letters from female inmates who feel unsafe being housed with biological males. In one testimony, inmate Kokila Hiatt wrote about her experience with male prisoners who say they identify as women. Many of them are sex offenders.

Apr 15, 2023 · Kokila Hiatt, another biological female inmate, authored a letter from within the walls of the prison detailing the process that occurs when biological males who identify as women arrive and wrote, "Many of them are sex offenders.

Oct 7, 2024 · In 2022 Reduxx spoke with Kokila Hiatt, a female inmate currently incarcerated at EMCF and who shared a wing with Minor. Hiatt told Reduxx that Minor struck her as opportunistic, using whatever claims he could to get what he wanted from the state’s Department of Corrections.

By Reduxx Team May 6, 2023 Editor’s Note: This is an essay submitted by Kokila Hiatt, a female inmate currently incarcerated at the Edna Mahan...