It seems the figures are actually likely to be an underestimate, then?

Also, this is very concerning:

Prisoners with a GRC are excluded from the annual transgender count so there are no accurate figures of the total number of transwomen (with and without a GRC) in women’s prisons.

The part 2 of that report is even more concerning. It seems once a man has a GRC to become a legal woman the prisons treat them as a woman.

I've copied quite a long section from the FPFW article.

If a transwoman with a GRC is considered to present a high risk of harm to female prisoners that person will be located on E-Wing at Downview women’s prison. This is because they are “required to be located in the women’s estate because they hold Gender Recognition Certificates and are legally femalele” (as stated in paragraph 3.1 of E-Wing policy). During the day some of these high-risk transgender prisoners will “have access to the …. activities within the main site alongside other womenen” (paragraph 10.3 of E-wing policy). No official figures are available for the number of GRC holders in prison but it has been reported there have been up to 3 GRC holderss_ requiring supervision in E-wing.

This is really interesting work from FPFW.

I look forward to seeing responses.

sorry 3% not 1% of female prisoners! I misread something

Wow FPFW are doing amazing work. I'm still impressed by what they figured out from those prison census reports years ago before the MoJ confirmed the figures.

For anyone wondering like I was, it seems like this figure counts prisoners who've had a "transgender case review" so they've taken it further than saying they're transgender on prison surveys - that's the difference between this and the "1 in 50 male prisoners" statistic we've seen before.

If the Government make the process of getting a GRC even easier, presumably the "1 in 50" statistic becomes very relevant, and terrifying in its implications.

And even with numbers restricted to those who have had a "transgender case review, you have 81 transwomen convicted for sexual offences, compared to 125 female sex offenders. Half of transwoman prisoners, compared to 1% of female prisoners.

Is there any differentiation between those who identified as transgender before going to prison and those who only transitioned after they went to prison?

How many women are in prison for sexual offences?

Data from March 31st 2019 show that 99% of the 13359 sex offenders in prison in England and Wales were male (13234 prisoners). Only 1% of sex offenders were female (125 prisoners).

How many women are in prison for sexual offences?

So the number of recorded transwomen# in prison for sexual offences is very similar to the total number of prisoners recorded as women* for sexual offences?

probably an underestimate as not all transwomen have come out/been recorded

• would probably include tranwomen with a GRC but who knows?