Sexual assaults on Vulnerable Women Prisoners

press release Fairplay for Women:

'Sex attacks: MPs must investigate risks of transgender prisoners'

"MPs on the Commons Justice Committee must investigate the management of transgender prisoners in female prisons after the latest report that a male-born inmate has been accused of sexually assaulting four vulnerable women behind bars, a women’s rights group has said.

The call was made by Fair Play For Women, which has repeatedly revealed disturbing evidence of the dangers posed by some transgender prisoners in the female prison system.

FPFW’s comments follow a report in the Sun saying that “The inmate was sent to a women’s prison despite not having had gender reassignment surgery”. “The first of the alleged attacks took place within days of her arriving at New Hall jail”.

The report is just the latest example of the risks raised by allowing criminals with male bodies to be housed in female prisons with vulnerable women.

FPFW earlier last year revealed that up to half of male-born trans prisoners are likely to be sex offenders or violent criminals.

The group has urged the Justice Select Committee to hold a special hearing on transgender prisoners, as part of its current inquiry on the prison system.

Ministers are currently consulting on a change in the law that would make it much easier for people born male and retaining full male anatomy to be legally recognised as female. Women’s groups say that would erode women’s legal rights to say No to sharing intimate spaces with people who have male bodies.

Nicola Williams said: “The evidence shows that allowing criminals with male bodies to have access to vulnerable women can pose a real threat. Experts have been warning about this for years but no action has been taken and women are suffering fear and abuse. MPs should be asking why the prison system is turning a blind eye to the abuse of women in its care.”

The report in the Sun is just the latest worrying sign about the risks posed by some transgender prisoners.

Senior figures in the criminal justice system have been warning of those dangers for some time and FPFW said MPs can no longer ignore the evidence." (continues)

fairplayforwomen.com/sex-attacks/

Yeah I know, as I've heard said on here - women and children shouldn't be collateral damage.
But hey someone's identity is far more important

This is terrible - no one seems to care about it until it actually happens

You get that all the time. Trans allies argue for safeguards to be removed, gender critical women say "but what about the increased risk of assaults?", and the reply is "no problem, assaults are illegal, so firstly any assaulter would go to prison, but in any case they'd be deterred by the law".

This is terrible - no one seems to care about it until it actually happens. It feels like oh it's only women in prison. Who cares what happens to them.
You can comment on FB Sun and DM page. The vast majority of comments are WTF

but why did they wait until three more assaults before they sent him away?

This is such an important question.

One of those reports state the transgender prisoner assaulted FOUR TIMES before he was removed from the prison.

Why not after the first one?

of course he shouldn't have been there in the first place, but why did they wait until three more assaults before they sent him away?

What is their ultimate solution to this? Force every female below menopause on to birth control? What if that is contraindicative to their health needs?

Birth control methods all have some hazard to the user. Even my amazing frameless IUS has a slight perforation risk during insertion. Rape and sex also run the risk of STI transmission.

My "ultimate solution to this" is to require that either NO MALES EVER are allowed in female prisons, including prison guards because they use their power to rape, or that only post-SRS males (so no penis) are allowed in.
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twitter.com/Danvers07943910/status/1019374461471068161

Danvers twitter comment: "Submission made during the process which led to The Miller Report. These professionals who work with offenders were ignored by the Women’s and Equalities committee"

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"Transwomen are Women".

And then "Transwomen are Women". Again. Until you believe it.

The thing is, if they gave in on this, and said, yes, "TWAW but some people might be a bit dodgy and TWAW aren't like those dodgy pedophiles/rapists we're going to let you have a separate prison for them they'd probably do a lot better. As this sort of thing will increase and there will be a backlash.

It makes you wonder why they're not worrying about the larger portion of non raping transexuals rather than pandering to the sexual abusers.

It is just so clearly wrong isn't it?

To me it's amazing that some people are so bound to the ideology that they can't allow themselves to see that something in front of their eyes is very wrong.

"Transwomen are Women".

What is Stonewall's line on this?

I believe it is "Transwomen are Women".
"Transwomen are Women".
"Transwomen are Women".

So much misinformation bandied about on that thread. People are still buying into wrong body and lady brain.

This is what makes it difficult, it takes concerted effort to start reading and researching beyond the propaganda to see what is really going on.

It looks like this is the issue that finally gets a breakthrough on AIBU with nearly all posters saying "WTF!" while the very few trans allies saying TWAW are looking deranged to the rest of the thread.

Accepting self-ID means that TWAW which means it could soon not be possible to keep rapists with penises out of women's prisons. The AIBU thread seems to have a fair few lightbulb moments where posters are now seeing this. And they really don't like it at all.

Good article in The Metro actually.

link

"Women and Equalities Committee looked at the issue of transgender prisoners as part of their wider report on Transgender Equality, published in January 2016. The Committee said there was a ‘clear risk of harm’ where trans prisoners are not located in a prison ‘appropriate to their acquired/affirmed gender’.

The report references risk of harm to the male offender, not the female inmates forced to share accommodation with them.

This is such a violation of human rights. No woman incarcerated should be at risk of becoming pregnant, forcibly or otherwise.

What is their ultimate solution to this? Force every female below menopause on to birth control? What if that is contraindicative to their health needs?

I can't believe this is being done despite the Prison Service making it clear to Maria Miller what a dangerous road this was to tread.

Daily Mail link

Sun link

Transgender lag ‘sexually abused four female prisoners’ days after arriving at West Yorkshire jail

The inmate was sent to a women’s prison despite not having had gender reassignment surgery

I hope that the women are represented by a shit hot lawyer (to quote the divorce threads) and sue the governor/Home Secretary - surely there is a duty of care assumed when you encarcerate people. Those poor women.