www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hm-prison-and-probation-service-offender-equalities-annual-report-2017-to-2018
2016: 70
2017: 125
2018: 139
44 of the 124 public and private prisons (35%) in England and Wales said that they had 1 or more transgender prisoners
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- There were 139 prisoners currently living in, or presenting in, a gender different to their sex assigned at birth and who have had a local transgender case board.
- The number of prisoners who have already transitioned and have a full Gender Recognition Certificate are thought to be excluded.
*The figures give an estimate of the number of transgender prisoners and are likely to underestimate the true number. There may be some transgender prisoners who have not declared that they are transgender or had a local transgender case board, and some who have a Gender Recognition Certificate. The prison population is dynamic and prisoners may have entered or left prisons since the time of the data collection.
Details of the number of transgender prisoners were provided by Equalities Representatives in public and private prisons in England and Wales, between 27 March 2018 and 21 May 2018.
Of the 139, " 111 reported their legal gender as male, 23 reported their legal gender as female and 5 did not state their gender. ". And of the 139, 114 identified as female, 19 as male, and 6 did not state.
Note that there are some 'gender fluid', 'non-binary' and others in the list.
"There were 42 transgender prisoners in woman’s prisons. When asked about the gender with which the prisoner identified themselves, 22 identified as female 17 as male. and 3 did not provide a response.
• There were 97 transgender prisoners in men’s prisons. When asked about the gender with which the prisoner identified themselves, 92 identified as female, 2 as male and 3 did not provide a response"
It seems that there is a bit of uncertainty/inaccuracy in the detail of these figures, given that there are
23 who claimed to be legally female, plus 5 more who did not state.
However it is my understanding that as a matter of policy unless you have a GRC (which is excluded here) FTM will not be sent to a female prison. See also this thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3384486-Transmen-location-in-prison
Therefore it seems that some of the 23 who claimed to be legally female are lying, given that there were only 17 (+ 3 unknown) who identified as male living in female prisons. (Note the 2
I would say therefore:
17-20 FTM in female prisons
22-25 MTF in female prisons
97 MTF in male prisons
plus unknown numbers with GRC
There have been ~3800 GRCs issued to people born male, so if there are 23 million men in the UK, that's 1 in 6,000 people. Hence with 80,000 male prison population and a male offending pattern, that's 13 MTF GRC people in women's prison, outside of the scope of these statistics.
So I would suggest there are AT LEAST 35 people who were born with penises in women prisons (based on the 22-25 figure above, plus the naive estimate of 13 more with GRCs).
Given that you will be burned in the fiery pits of hell if you disregard the holy GRC & send a transwoman to a male prison, it's quite likely that disproportionately more criminals obtain GRCs, since it is your 'get out of male jail free' card. So there may be more than that.
Anyway, this suggest that currently around 1% of the 3870 women in prison were born with penises. However they are unlikely to be distributed evenly - HMP Bronzefield is the only Category A women's prison, and has 500 prisoners.
HMP Bronzefield is of course where Jessica Winfield/Martin Ponting was sent to rape women on the government dime, and there are clearly more like him.