A biological male inmate who identified as transgender and was housed in a Minnesota women’s prison is accused of hoarding bottles of semen with the alleged intention of impregnating female inmates, according to a whistleblower speaking to Alpha News.
The inmate, Sean Windingland, 35, was placed in the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Shakopee following the implementation of a 2023 state law that permits prisoners to be housed according to gender identity rather than biological sex.
Windingland is currently serving a 36-year sentence for sexually assaulting two young relatives, both six years old, and sharing the abuse online.
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According to the Daily Mail, he has since been transferred back to the men’s Stillwater prison.
In an interview with Alpha News, inmate Jamie Ali, currently incarcerated at Shakopee, said prison staff discovered bottles containing semen in Windingland’s cell.
“Upon them searching his room, they found bottles filled with semen,” Ali alleged.
“He was storing it to, I guess, get IPs (Imprisoned Persons) pregnant…or to give to them so they could then therefore try to impregnate their self.”
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Ali questioned how Windingland was approved for transfer to the women’s facility, given his conviction for sexually abusing children.
“How in the hell would that have been appropriate to put him in an all-women’s prison?” she said.
“Somebody make it make sense.”
Ali also described the psychological toll of being housed alongside biological men identifying as women, particularly as a self-identified rape survivor.
“There’s been many nights that I don’t go to meals. I stay in my room,” she said.
She specifically referenced another trans-identified inmate, Bradley Sirvio, who now goes by Aurora and is serving a life sentence for murder.
“He is faced in a living unit across from me, so I see him a lot,” Ali told the outlet.
She alleged that Sirvio has spoken openly about sexually explicit encounters with female inmates.
Ali stated that the 2023 policy change has caused her ongoing fear and anxiety. She said she intends to file legal action upon her release.
“As soon as I get on the other side of the fence—whether released through the charge being dropped off or work release—I’m going to throw up, literally throw up, and then start sobbing and then find an attorney to represent me,” she said.
Windingland’s transfer and the broader policy have ignited debate about the placement of biological male offenders in women’s facilities.
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Bradley Sirvio is a convicted murderer and inmates Sean Windingland and Elijah Berryman are both convicted of sexually abusing children. They’re all around women now.
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— Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) September 12, 2024
Minnesota’s law mirrors similar policies adopted in other states, which have also faced legal challenges.
A lawsuit was filed in Washington State in late 2023 against the Department of Corrections after a female inmate was reportedly forced to share a cell with a 6-foot-4 biological male who had been convicted of pedophilia.
No public statement has been issued by the Minnesota Department of Corrections regarding Windingland’s alleged actions or the details of his transfer.
It remains unclear what internal procedures were followed to approve his housing assignment at Shakopee.
The incident adds to ongoing concerns raised by incarcerated women and advocacy groups about safety and privacy under new inmate housing laws based on gender identity.
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