Judicial review for woman prisoner alleging sexual assault by trans rapist in prison

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The Sunday Times reporting a long overdue judicial review after an (alleged) sexual assault on a woman prisoner by a male born trans rapist who had been placed in a female prison. (trying to be careful with language given the oppressive monitors who try to control this board).

And they've reported on the Centre Parks issue as well as a prominent article about that major brands like Unilever and Heinz advertising on Pornhub that's awash with child sex abuse. Share token:

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/female-prisoner-takes-government-to-court-after-alleged-assault-by-transgender-inmate-n5wtg2nf7?shareToken=f2e99b28b2f234eb7e84b0c4484e7254

Darren Goode changed his name several times and fathered eight children by five women. He is not in any way 'intersex'.

Ah right. I thought the intersex thing didn't ring true at all. He fathered 8 kids with an 'oversized clitorus' eh..medical marvel ideed

Hopeful twitter thread from FPFW: as well as supporting this claim, they have had permission to bring a Judicial Review of all trans prison policies in England and Wales. The hearing is on 28-29 October.

twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1320283064942141440

Off to find a spade and do some deep digging.

Oh wow, that is big.

Bit more digging done, but it's about time they got some solid government funding.

That's fabulous news about the review.

This is great news.

That is a great thread by FPFW, especially the point about these policies being implemented AFTER women had already been sexually assaulted by a transwoman placed in the female estate. For anyone new to this debate, that should raise a few eyebrows.

@highame

Bit more digging done, but it's about time they got some solid government funding.

Yes, it's unbelievable that FPFW is having to do all these things.

Yes, if the EHRC and GEO were actually doing their job properly none of these harmful policies would have been implemented in the first place. You had one job, guys....

Great news.

It's abhorrent that a policy so radically and only affecting vulnerable women with such risks and disadvantage to them was actually put into place without consulting those women, or any women's groups or representatives.

The policy of course was solely to the advantage of male people with massive intervention and consultation from those males and male groups and representatives.

The inequality, the absolute disregard for and subordinating of the interests of those born female to male interests is in itself beyond comprehension that it was allowed to happen.

The inequality, the absolute disregard for and subordinating of the interests of those born female to male interests is in itself beyond comprehension.

Absolutely. We have plenty of data that shows that female prisoners are a hugely vulnerable group. High levels of violence and abuse, experience of homelessness, poverty, addiction. All entirely set aside in the interests of men.

@boatyardblues

Yes, if the EHRC and GEO were actually doing their job properly none of these harmful policies would have been implemented in the first place. You had one job, guys....

The Women and Equalities Committee deserves a special mention for being utterly useless. And there is an All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System. This should be on their radar, surely?

@boatyardblues

Yes, if the EHRC and GEO were actually doing their job properly none of these harmful policies would have been implemented in the first place. You had one job, guys....

If only they could sue the EHRC to recover the costs of this and all the other judicial reviews seeking to uphold the Equality Act. The lack of action by EHRC surely smacks of sexual discrimination by them?

Its almost as if the known way to ensure a subject is nicely put to bed without risk of anything inconvenient ever actually getting done about it, is to appoint a committee.

For live updates.....this thread (1-28) gives the backstory that led to THIS judicial review to be heard in the Royal Courts 28th - 19th October.
twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1320292075837992961

hope it gets shared

@FindTheTruth

For live updates.....this thread (1-28) gives the backstory that led to THIS judicial review to be heard in the Royal Courts 28th - 19th October. twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1320292075837992961

hope it gets shared

Brilliant. Thank you all for the updates.

This is huge. Such great work by FPFW. Makes me worried about this review of JRs the government have commissioned. Women have been writing to their MPs about this prison issue for years now. The idea that Parliament should, or could, or would want to decide on some of what JRs cover now is completely disingenuous.

Re the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Women in the Penal System, the Howard League for Penal Reform acts as its Secretariat.

@fairplaywomen will be reporting on the proceedings this week. Good thread here that traces their work over the past three years to reveal this problem.

twitter.com/fairplaywomen/status/1320286328949493763?s=20

plus the full history of how we got here in policy decisions on threads by @stillTISH starting here twitter.com/STILLTish/status/1190956174105088001?s=20

Thanks to the update info posted here I was going to start a new thread to alert FWRers that case starts on 28th and may run to 29th.

And that a new group has been set up called Keep Prisons Single Sex twitter.com/NoXYinXXprisons

Just thought it would alert more to this after such along time. Giving link to this thread - of course!

Will wait until later this evening in case anyone thinks not a good idea as it splits information.

This is a good article. Fair Play For Women asked women prisoners. More than the Ministry of Justice did.

fairplayforwomen.com/insidetime/

Why are politicians continuing to deny the problems when the prison personnel have voiced their objections? Oh yes because it is only women affected. FPFW has done fantastic work on this and we will be watching this week.

The Keep Prisons Single Sex website has just gone up, with a lot of information about men in women's prisons.

www.keep-prisons-single-sex.org.uk

Forgot to come back and say I did start a separate about the court case

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4061498-Starting-on-28-October-Judicial-Review-of-prison-guidelines-on-transgender-and-launch-of-new-web-site-Keep-Prisons-Single-Sex

@RedDogsBeg

Now I wonder why the usual suspects are not contributing to this thread.

Yeah, I wonder.