Convicted Child Rapist Housed In Canadian Women’s Prison Near Mother-Child Unit After Identifying As Transgender: Report

Indicted child sex offender by a male Canada who raped a 3-month-old infant boy has been transferred to a women’s correctional facility near a Mother-Child Program after the inmate began identifying as transgender, according to a report.

Tara Desousa, previously Adam Laboucan, sexually assaulted 3-month-old boy in Quesnel (British Columbia) in 1997. This happened when the sex offender, Adam Laboucan was 15. Reduxx report.

The infant’s parents had hired Laboucan to babysit their child, after which the horrific assault occurred. Local media reported The child sustained severe injuries that required reconstructive surgery. Laboucan also mutilated himself during custody and ate his flesh after the attack.

Dr. Steve Sigmond (a clinical psychologist who examined Laboucan back in 1997 and gave evidence in court), stated that the child sex offender had also admitted to drowning a 3-yearold boy in 1993. Reduxx reported that Laboucan was 11 years of age at the time of the alleged drowning.

Two years later, authorities indefinitely sentenced Laboucan to prison at the age of 17, which made him the nation’s youngest violent sex offender.

Laboucan, now Desousa, has been transferred to the Fraser Valley Institution for Women in Abbotsford, a city in British Columbia adjacent to the Canada–United States border. However, it was not immediately known when authorities transferred Desousa to the women’s facility.

According to the news outlet in Canada, Bill C-16 was passed by Canadian government officials in June 2017. “gender identity” To the Canadian Human Rights Act.

The women’s institution, Reduxx reported, features a minimum-security annex that includes a Mother-Child Program for incarcerated mothers and their babies. The program has multiple bedrooms and a lounge for the inmates. Although the program’s original design was intended for mothers and their children, a National Post report claims childless inmates may access the program and could apply to serve as babysitters or “aunties.”

Heather Mason, an advocate for the rights of incarcerated women, told Canadian government officials several women in female institutions faced sexual harassment from males identifying as transgender — making direct mention of Desousa and another inmate, which Reduxx reported as a serial pedophile who has been described as having an “all-encompassing preoccupation in sexually abusing young girls.”

“One of these women reported that while in the mother-child program, two transgender individuals with convictions for pedophilia, Madilyn Harks and Tara Desousa, would loiter near her and her child, making sexist and inappropriate antagonizing comments,” Mason made these remarks in her statement.

Reduxx arranged exchanges with Mason and an anonymous female inmate at Fraser Valley Institution for Women Abbotsford. The inmate claimed that authorities placed Desousa next to the Mother-Child Program residence.

According to the source, Desousa stares at children and is 3-months-old. “antagonize” According to the women, Desousa was a scary person she had to interact with.

“I was told that there was an extremely violent child sex offender present who hadn’t been in the presence of a young child in a very long time,” She said. “Once I was informed of the sick and brutal nature of the crime against the child, I regretted even going or letting that person set eyes on my child.”

Mason was informed by a source that Desousa had been placed near the Mother-Child facility shortly after the incident.

“These accusations of looming around the child program resulted in a dispute in which this trans sex offender picked up and threw a female inmate and charged after her once she was on the ground to continue the assault,” Mason was given the explanation by the source. “Luckily, guards intercepted, but they segregated the female inmate for inciting a reaction for confronting this trans inmate sex offender for his action.”

Canada’s Correctional Service data published by the news outlet indicate indigenous women make up nearly half the female prison population.

Correctional Service published a report in 2022 that showed 82% offenders were not satisfied with their services. “gender diverse” Canada had transgender men in prison. They were mostly transgender men with a history of sexual offences. Many of these transgender men were convicted of crimes prior to becoming transgender. More than half of the victims were women or children.

Mason observed in a Report The Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security 2021 found that Desousa had prostituted himself with other male prisoners, developed an addiction to drugs in prison, and threatened a female guard by using a knife from his own homemade. Desousa was also described as having mutilated genitalia. He meets the criteria for severe borderline personality disorder and psychopathy.

Desousa made an appeal for parole last September. Authorities denied the request in a September 20, ruling. The board had recently concluded that Desousa was still a threat to society and at high risk of re-offending.

Authorities will review Desousa’s cases again in October 2024.