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>Under the reforms, transgender women with male genitalia, or those who have been convicted of a sexual offence, should no longer be held in the general women’s estate.
>This will create a strong presumption, but allow for exemptions to be considered by Ministers on a case-by-case basis – though only the most truly exceptional cases will be considered.
I sincerely hope that if the prisoner is being targeted by other prisoners because of their gender identity that this is considered an exception otherwise all they’re doing is essentially placing a de facto ban on transferring transgender women to women’s prisons.
The rule about not transferring prisoners convicted of a sexual crime seems reasonable although there’s already a process in place intended to assess whether they’re a threat before transferring them so this might well be politicians sticking an oar in where it’s not needed.
It’ll probably give the Tories a little bump in the polls at least and let’s be honest that’s all this is really about anyway, unless of course you believe that the same people who spent the last decade slashing funding for prisons year on year are suddenly very concerned about the safety of prisoners (but only the literal handful that are going to come into contact with transgender prisoners who have been transferred).
> Question: Where are transgender prisoners currently placed?
> … More than 90% of transgender women in prison are housed in men’s prisons, and most do not request a move to a women’s prison.
So basically the whole transgender prison debate is a bunch rabble-rousing by right-wing newspapers, which are collectively owned by a handful of billionaires.
I wonder what motivation billionaires could have for getting ordinary working class people to look the other way and vote tory.
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>Under the reforms, transgender women with male genitalia, or those who have been convicted of a sexual offence, should no longer be held in the general women’s estate.
>This will create a strong presumption, but allow for exemptions to be considered by Ministers on a case-by-case basis – though only the most truly exceptional cases will be considered.
I sincerely hope that if the prisoner is being targeted by other prisoners because of their gender identity that this is considered an exception otherwise all they’re doing is essentially placing a de facto ban on transferring transgender women to women’s prisons.
The rule about not transferring prisoners convicted of a sexual crime seems reasonable although there’s already a process in place intended to assess whether they’re a threat before transferring them so this might well be politicians sticking an oar in where it’s not needed.
It’ll probably give the Tories a little bump in the polls at least and let’s be honest that’s all this is really about anyway, unless of course you believe that the same people who spent the last decade slashing funding for prisons year on year are suddenly very concerned about the safety of prisoners (but only the literal handful that are going to come into contact with transgender prisoners who have been transferred).
> Question: Where are transgender prisoners currently placed?
> … More than 90% of transgender women in prison are housed in men’s prisons, and most do not request a move to a women’s prison.
So basically the whole transgender prison debate is a bunch rabble-rousing by right-wing newspapers, which are collectively owned by a handful of billionaires.
I wonder what motivation billionaires could have for getting ordinary working class people to look the other way and vote tory.