Media coverage of Scottish prison service transgender policy

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Sorry if this has already been posted (been offline today). I see there have been three articles in today's press, all quoting Nic Williams from FPFW.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/male-transgender-prisoners-pose-threat-to-women-qchhsknjl

www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3197292/transgender-threat-male-female-18-trans-scotland/

www.scotsman.com/news/male-transgender-prisoners-pose-a-danger-to-women-in-scottish-jails-1-4798763

Well the scotmasn comments are cheering me up no end!

This is specific to Scotland's prison system but cheered me up no end -

https://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/transgender-prisoners

"I myself do not feel in a position to pronounce on whether or not 'transwomen are women', as the current mantra would put it. As a man, I also feel uncomfortable about telling women what a woman is."

Apparently this guy regularly gives evidence to the Justice Select Committee. He gets it.

There is an enlightening thread on Twitter from Scottish Women.

In short, they are asking why the policy for prisons was written by the manager of the Scottish Trans Alliance, James Morton.

Why, indeed?

twitter.com/Scottish_Women/status/1039810375733133312