"This will happen more and more when this new self identification bill goes through. Any bloke who is jailed and doesn't fancy a tough, male prison will say he's a woman and legally will be considered so and will have to be put in a woman's prison. No need for any medical or counselling input."
It was reported that there are 11 transgender sex offenders going though transition in Littlehey prison. If you accept that TW are women then they should be transferred to female prisons.
The Times printed this article on the issue.
*A SHARP increase in the number of male prison inmates living as women has prompted a government review amid concern that some could be fooling officials to obtain privileges.
Up to 100 transgender prisoners now have the right to ask to wear women’s clothing, to use private washing facilities and to be searched only by female prison officers despite not being diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the medical term for those whose biological sex does not match the gender they feel themselves to be.
The increase has caused disciplinary and management problems for prison governors and staff, many linked to what is described as inappropriate behaviour ranging from aggression to oversexualised conduct.
Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a transgender inmate at Littlehey prison, Huntingdon, while Full Sutton prison, near York, was last year criticised by the prisons and probation ombudsman following the suicide of a transgender inmate.
The increase in the number of male prisoners wanting to live as women follows the introduction of the care and management of transsexual prisoners policy in 2011.
A SHARP increase in the number of male prison inmates living as women has prompted a government review amid concern that some could be fooling officials to obtain privileges.
Up to 100 transgender prisoners now have the right to ask to wear women’s clothing, to use private washing facilities and to be searched only by female prison officers despite not being diagnosed with gender dysphoria, the medical term for those whose biological sex does not match the gender they feel themselves to be.
The increase has caused disciplinary and management problems for prison governors and staff, many linked to what is described as inappropriate behaviour ranging from aggression to oversexualised conduct.
Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a transgender inmate at Littlehey prison, Huntingdon, while Full Sutton prison, near York, was last year criticised by the prisons and probation ombudsman following the suicide of a transgender inmate.
The increase in the number of male prisoners wanting to live as women follows the introduction of the care and management of transsexual prisoners policy in 2011.
It was intended to help staff deal with genuine cases of gender dysphoria, but critics say it is flawed because it allows prisoners to declare themselves as transgender without medical diagnosis and pressurises prison authorities to grant private washing and laundry facilities, widely seen as privileges. There is also a perception that transgender inmates have a better chance of being granted parole.
Craig Hudson, who is serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife, last year secured taxpayer funding for a High Court case in which he demanded the right to wear a woman’s wig in Frankland prison in Durham.
Hudson, who now calls himself Kimberley Green, complained that he was not given hormone treatment, prosthetic devices, hair removal products or separate gym changing facilities. Hudson lost the case when the judge ruled that wigs could be used to aid escapes but the legal bill was reportedly up to £40,000.
Glyn Travis, of the POA, formerly the Prison Officers’ Association, said: “The numbers have increased since this policy [was introduced] because, although some are genuinely gender dysphoric, others are looking at it as a soft option for prison life, as a way to improve their chances of getting released or for personal reasons.”
HM Prison Service said the figure of 100 transgender inmates was an estimate because specific data was not kept. “There are strict rules governing the management of transgender prisoners,” it said. “However, the policy is now under review.”
Nick de Bois, a Conservative member of the justice select committee who has raised concerns about the issue, said: “Self-certification is at risk of abuse . . . The review is welcome but how can they do that without the basic figures? They should act speedily to rectify that."*