Last year, it was revealed there were 40 transgender prisoners in women’s prisons in England and Wales. Almost all of those were born male.
According to Sex Matters:
There are around 3,800 women in prison in England and Wales (under 5% of the prison population). Women tend to have committed significantly fewer serious violent offences or sexual offences than men.
sex-matters.org/where-sex-matters/prisons/
iirc, it's previously been unknown whether the only transgender people in cross sex estates that can be counted are those who do not have a GRC.
It will be interesting to see if either the use of this policy by Ministers or the legal challenges come to pass.
The whistleblower at Bronzefield, the UK’s largest women’s prison with 527 inmates, said: ‘Every time there is a transgender male-to-female with a male organ brought into the prison the female prisoners are extremely uncomfortable and upset. But the women prisoners don’t feel they can complain because they think nothing will be done.’
A Government source said Mr Raab’s new policy will have to be signed off by Cabinet once a new Prime Minister is installed. It’s likely to face legal challenges from pro-trans campaigners and human rights lawyers. But if it gets the green light then an inmate in a men’s prison will only be allowed to switch to a women’s jail if a Minister authorises the move.