Keep Prison Single Sex closing

Tragic. I'm so sorry.

That is such a shame, they've been an incredibly important organisation.

Would someone mind giving the brief points of how and why KPSS has been ignored or rejected by some of the other groups? Is it policy disagreement, or personality clashes? Why would Sex Matters not support Kate when prisons are absolutely one of those obviously vulnerable spaces for women?

This is such a shame.

I saw some posts on X a few days back, lamenting their lack of success in making their voices heard. I think there has been a group who claim to occupy the middle ground who have made what appears to be some headway (I would include Cass in that) but which many feel leave them/us looking as if things have been achieved, but which also leave us very compromised position if that then comes to be seen as the end point.

Personally, I try to see these shifts as being good overall, but there are significant risks in too much compromise when there is so much still at stake. I’m sad to see KPSS close though, as I feel they are an important voice with an equally important message, even if they don’t feel that message is getting through right now. I do respect their decision though, if they feel they can’t usefully carry on.

I had hoped that since JKR’s correct pronouns protest against the Scottish Hate Crime Act that groups like Sex Matters would be more in tune with Kate’s KPSS lobbying stance. I base this hope solely on the fact that lately Helen and Maya are making public statements about compelled speech regarding pronouns recently and I’d hoped that signalled a shift in their thinking.

I was a monthly donor to KPSS because I feel that it’s important to try and advocate for women in prison, who are so vulnerable because of their restricted situation. And I feel so angry & frustrated that KPSS didn’t get much support from other organisations despite spokeswomen from those other groups frequently mentioning the dangerous impact of gender identity ideology on incarcerated women.

Sad to hear this , but KPSS have done to much to bring attention to the huge problem. A big thank you for all the brilliant work done.

It would be great if Sex Matters brought her on board to continue her work in partnership with them because it seems like an ideal fit: sex matters for women in prison.

This is really sad news. I don't think there's any other women's org or group that focuses exclusively on prisons.

Sad news

100% agree great post.

I hope Kate can go on to bigger and better and more influential things, she's such a brilliant speaker who doesn't get enough media airtime and a fantastic advocate for the most vulnerable of women. It's a damning indictment of the many groups that excluded them that KPSS is closing.

Best wishes to Kate & all at KPSS. They have achieved so much while existing organisations have sleepwalked us into this nightmare. What have The Howard League got to say? How can HMPPS justify this awful policy? As for Women in Prison- they include males in their definition of women so are totally useless. I am also so angry at the Magistrates Association for not raising awareness of what is happening in womens prisons, when so many women volunteer as magistrates. I am so sad that at a time we had a female Queen & prime minister, some of the most vulnerable women who end up in prison, often through poverty, poor mental health or abusive partners, were so desperately failed by those who had the power to at least incarcerate them in a single sex prison.

Seconded.

It’s terrible news. They’ve done so much good work and have been in the trenches far longer than many. A massively under appreciated organisation.

No no, it was at the end of a genuinely other thread! About Genspect. It's just a discussion that happened the end was all I meant. I should have been clearer

This is very sad news indeed, especially as the general direction from the bigger names appears to be:

• away from safeguarding
• towards repetition that GI is a belief when it's not been Grainger tested
• while in parallel, pushing protection arising from GC belief

As I said on another thread, this moves us away from Sex and therefore away from reality.

(Yes on the other thread there was chat about setting up a new one which I didn't do yet!)

🥺 why?