Quebec trans woman convicted of triple homicide to serve time in men's prison

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 09, 2025 4:32 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

Levana Ballouz, a trans pistillate who was convicted of murdering her spouse and their 2 children connected Montreal's South Shore, will service her condemnation successful a men's prison.

Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) spokesperson Kevin Antonucci confirmed the determination successful an email, saying that the "initial appraisal successful this lawsuit has been completed and that the designated spot of incarceration volition beryllium a men's facility."

A assemblage recovered Ballouz guilty connected Dec. 16 of fatally stabbing her spouse Synthia Bussières, and suffocating their 2 children, five-year-old Éliam and two-year-old Zac successful 2022 successful Brossard, Que.

During sentencing, the justice successful the lawsuit described Ballouz arsenic "sadistic", "dangerous" and "manipulative."  She was sentenced to beingness successful situation without anticipation of parole for astatine slightest 25 years. 

Ballouz was known arsenic Mohamad Al Ballouz astatine the clip she was charged. 

She asked to service her clip successful a women's situation and has been held successful a men's situation during the assessment, CSC says.

CSC's current argumentation says that inmates who self-identify arsenic sex divers "will beryllium sent to the instauration benignant (men's oregon women's) that amended aligns with their sex individuality oregon expression, if that is their preference, unless determination are overriding wellness oregon information concerns that cannot beryllium resolved." 

In the email confirming Ballouz's place of incarceration successful a men's prison, the CSC said each accommodation petition "is evaluated connected a case-by-case basis" and requires an appraisal of the individual's needs and risks.

The CSC said the petition volition beryllium denied if overriding wellness and information concerns cannot beryllium mitigated and "alternative measures to code gender-related needs volition beryllium implemented."

The national bureau declined to supply further details citing the Privacy Act.