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https://archive.ph/zVB0e#selection-3229.0-3333.178 "Autumn, now 37, started serving her life sentence in 2007 for her role in the rape and killing of Nina Courtepatte in April 2005. Autumn was 17 at the time of the murder. Judge Janet Franklin said at sentencing that the crime was so “horrendous and evil” that she had no choice but to sentence Autumn as an adult. She is one of five people convicted in the teen’s death.
She was transferred to the women’s prison on March 6, 2025, where she lived in one of three pods that can house nine inmates each, said the decision, which notes Autumn “was subject to the most restrictive level of supervision in a women’s institution.”
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She “consented to a routine strip search” upon arrival at the women’s prison. “Staff reported that (Autumn’s) behaviour was highly inappropriate, including playing with her penis and buttocks in a sexually suggestive manner.”
When another inmate in Autumn’s pod “expressed that she was uncomfortable” with the trans prisoner’s presence, prison staffers “were able to manage the concerns of this other inmate, but (Autumn’s) response was to threaten to assault or kill the other inmate if confronted again.”
Autumn “was placed alone in the double occupancy cell” in a different pod, said the decision.
When prison staffers planned to move her again on March 10, 2025, Autumn “was reported as being verbally resistant to the move,” said the judge.
“She barricaded herself into a shared common room with a broken television remote control that (Autumn) appeared to be attempting to use as a weapon. This incident lasted approximately eight hours.”
Guards at the women’s prison “could not de-escalate” Autumn, Muszynski said.
Autumn “covered all security cameras in the common room. She threatened self-harm and violence against other inmates and CSC staff. Every attempt to speak with (her), even to offer her food, was met with verbal assaults,” said the judge.
“The incident finally resolved when the Institutional Emergency Response Team deployed a chemical irritant grenade into the common room and then restrained and extracted” Autumn.
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