Ex prison officer guilty of possession of CSA images referred to Transgender Case Board

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'Tanya Howes, of Netherwood Green in Norwich, has pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing indecent photographs of a child and a separate charge of possessing 100 “grossly offensive” extreme pornographic images and videos.'

Tanya has not yet been sentenced.

'A probation officer told the court: “There needs more time for the report in order for it to be completed to fullness but also our policy dictates that a transgender board needs to be consulted in order for this person to then go on to be sentenced.'

'“It’s about our policy but also making sure the appropriate factors are identified given the nature of the case.”'

'A ban on trans women with male genitalia who are violent or sexual offenders serving sentences in female prisons came into force earlier this year.
Exemptions will only be made in the "most exceptional" cases and with the approval of ministers, the government said.'

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23498059.norwich-trans-woman-indecent-images-children/

Reduxx found that this person used to be a prison officer.

https://reduxx.info/uk-trans-identified-man-pleads-guilty-to-possessing-pornographic-images-of-children/

Seriously hoping that the current ban will hold and no exemption made. There is no way this man should be in a woman's prison.

Thanks Pony How many of those people are there representing the interests of the female inmates? And of those, are they only connected to the actual prison?

Do you they have any outside representation?

This should be shocking but sadly, it’s the same story over and over again in all sorts of circumstances - only one of the 9 protected characteristics attracts all the special fuss.

Pleased to have you on FWR to answer some of our speculations!

On this occasion the perpertrator no longer has a penis. Will this effect where they end up?

To be fair - the change in the placing of trans prisoners has now started. From today's Telegraph. "Trans woman convicted of rape to be jailed in a male prison
Lexi-Rose Crawford, born a man called Dominic Risden, will serve a nine-year sentence at men’s jail following recent guidance from the MoJ"

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/10/transwoman-convicted-rape-jailed-male-prison/

Just to add to the above - rememeber Lisa Nandy absolutely thinks Lexi Rose should be in the female estate. However bad the Tories are on this I just remind myself how much worse Labour (or worse still Labour in coallition with the Greens, LibDems or SNP!!) will be.

I find the focus on those with sex offence convictions - as if all other men are safe round women - a bit worrying. We know that the vast majority of sex offences do not lead to convictions, there’s just no way to tell who has committed a sex offence. Of course those with sex offence convictions must never be in the female estate, but I worry this leads to a false sense of confidence that other prisoners are safe.

I think because the offences are sexual, this should mean they are still not allowed into the women's estate. Unless there are, to quote 'exceptional circumstances'. Not clear what those might be.

Absolutely agree. It's the crudest of safeguards. If the prison service considered all prisoners equally, males would be excluded from women's prisons regardless of what they'd done, because of the impact on female prisoners.

https://reduxx.info/exclusive-trans-pedophile-cared-for-children-in-community-groomed-a-young-mother/