Adam Laboucan, a convicted child rapist now identifying as Tara Desousa, allegedly assaulted a female inmate at a Canadian women’s prison in 2018 after she confronted him for staring at children in the prison’s mother-child unit. Laboucan, originally sentenced for the brutal rape of a three-month-old infant, broke the ribs of the female inmate during the altercation. Following this incident, Laboucan was transferred to the Fraser Valley Institution for Women, despite concerns from other inmates and advocates regarding the safety of women in the facility. Eyewitnesses reported that prison authorities blamed the assaulted woman for “instigating” the fight by calling Laboucan a pedophile, rather than taking action against him.
Women’s rights advocate Heather Mason claims that Laboucan frequently loitered around the mother-child unit, creating tension among the inmates, particularly mothers. Laboucan’s violent behavior and history have raised questions about the placement of transgender individuals with histories of violent sexual crimes in women’s prisons. The 2018 incident was only briefly mentioned in a Parole Board decision, which also cited Laboucan’s Indigenous background as a factor influencing his case. Concerns remain about the security measures and policies surrounding housing arrangements for violent offenders in Canadian correctional facilities.
- Adam Laboucan, who now identifies as Tara Desousa, allegedly attacked a female inmate in a Canadian women’s prison in 2018.
- The incident began when the female inmate confronted Laboucan for allegedly staring at children in the prison’s mother-child unit.
- Laboucan, convicted of the violent rape of an infant, is serving an indefinite sentence and was transferred to the women’s prison despite safety concerns.
- Women’s rights advocates and inmates have raised alarms about the potential dangers of placing violent transgender offenders in women’s facilities.
A transgender convicted child rapist viciously beat a female inmate in a Canadian prison after she confronted the man for staring at kids in the mother-child unit, according to Reduxx Tuesday.
Adam Laboucan, a biological male who was convicted of violently raping a three-month-old infant when he was 15 years old, allegedly broke the ribs of a female inmate in a 2018 altercation, eyewitnesses told Reduxx. Laboucan, who changed his name to “Tara Desousa” in 2018 when he started identifying as a woman, was transferred to Fraser Valley Institution for Women not long after the altercation took place.
Laboucan is currently serving a rare indefinite sentence, which has no set time frame for release, according to Reduxx.
“[She] actually had broken ribs. I was on the inmate committee at that time, and the guards wouldn’t do anything except blame the woman for instigating the fight because she called Tara a pedophile,” an anonymous eyewitness told Reduxx. “I talked to the warden and said, ‘This is a proper term that Tara will be referred to in the public, so why is it okay for Tara to beat this woman for it and have no consequence?”
Heather Mason, women’s rights advocate documenting trans males in women’s prisons, told Reduxx that Laboucan would “stare in the windows of the [Mother-Child] house and always be loitering around it,” a unit in the prison dedicated to mothers and their infants while in jail. The tension came to a head when a mother confronted Laboucan on his behavior shortly after he was transferred to the women’s wing, which is when Laboucan reportedly “picked her up, threw her, and then charged at her once she was on the ground and continued the assault,” Mason told Reduxx.
Before the new report, the incident was only vaguely cited in an April 2018 Parole Board decision that referred to Laboucan with female pronouns, according to Reduxx. The Parole Board also allegedly cited Laboucan’s Native American heritage as a factor reducing his culpability.
“The board found that you have experienced negative intergenerational effects as a result and acknowledged the linkage between your involvement in the criminal justice system and a number of elements in social and family history, including your substance abuse issues,” the Parole Board wrote according to Reduxx.
Laboucan’s initial crime against the three-month-old child led it to undergo surgery due to the brutal attack, according to Reduxx. He also began eating his own flesh shortly after raping the child.
An expert witness at his trial stated that Laboucan had “everything from transsexual to pedophilic tendencies,” according to CBC. Dr. Ian Postnikoff, a forensic psychiatrist who examined Laboucan, said he was “not planning a life of crime, but he felt he had no way to control the flood of violent, murderous fantasies.”
Correctional Service Canada did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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