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A convicted killer who transitioned from male to female while in prison was awarded a large settlement with the Oregon<\/a> Department of Corrections after a lawsuit claiming abuse by staff while housed in a male prison.<\/p>\n

Zera Lola Zombie, a biological male who has been housed in the women’s Coffee Creek Correctional Facility since April 2025, won the $295,000 settlement stemming from the 2021 lawsuit, according to The Oregonian.<\/a><\/p>\n

Zombie, whose birth name was Daniel Lee Smith, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter after pleading guilty to beating a girlfriend, Samantha Lee Brown, to death in 2014. Zombie received 20 years in prison for the killing and 15 more years for a first-degree assault after a violent attack on a fellow inmate. Zombie won’t be released from prison until 2049.<\/p>\n

The Oregonian reported that Zombie came out as transgender in 2020, and began taking sex change hormones<\/a>. In 2022, Zombie began the process of seeking a sex change surgery in prison.<\/p>\n

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According to the report, Zombie will receive $95,000 from the settlement, while Zombie’s attorneys will receive $200,000 to cover their fees.<\/p>\n

Zombie claimed repeated sexual assaults by a cellmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary, and further sexual assaults at the hands of a different cellmate at Two Rivers Correctional Facility, according to court documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The claim said Zombie was discriminated against based on gender, that officials broke the law by housing a female in a male prison, said they failed to “follow both federal and Oregon rules and laws concerning the designation and protection of plaintiff as a Vulnerable Adult-In-Custody … at high risk for both physical and sexual assault,” housed an inmate with a known sexual predator, refused to provide legally-mandated counseling and failed to report the sexual assaults per Oregon and federal law.<\/p>\n

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In 2023, a judge designated Zombie as a vulnerable person, forcing the prison to allow Zombie to live in a single-person cell.<\/p>\n

“On this record, it is not at all clear that, without the Court\u2019s intervention, defendants will refrain from placing plaintiff in a cell with an inmate<\/a> known to be a sex offender, or that defendants will designate plaintiff as a vulnerable inmate,” said an order written by United States District Court Judge Ann Aiken. “Plaintiff need not await another assault before obtaining preventative relief.”<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Corrections told The Oregonian that it is committed to ending sexual assaults in its prisons.<\/p>\n

“While we cannot comment on specifics of litigation, we take all allegations of sexual assault seriously and are committed to addressing them thoroughly and responsibility, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Corrections told Fox News Digital. “We uphold our duty to protect those in our custody, guided by a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse and harassment. Prevention remains a priority, and we are dedicated to eliminating sexual assault and misconduct in Oregon’s correctional facilities.”<\/p>\n

Zombie’s attorney, John Burgess, did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/biological-male-killer-housed-oregon-womens-prison-wins-high-dollar-legal-settlement-sex-abuse-suit <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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