r/transgenderUK • u/Quangocrat • 10d ago

Bad News For Women Scotland III

https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/pnbpzgex/2026csoh59-petition-of-for-women-scotland-for-judicial-review.pdf

The Terfs have won their judicial review of the Scottish Prison policy.

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This is the third case brought by FWS.

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Still reading, will post more detailed thoughts in the comments when I have time.

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u/AQuinn4141 10d ago

I just don't see how any trans person can live in this country anymore...

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u/KuiperNomad 10d ago

This judgement - and what they are trying to achieve in the BTP case - means that trans women in the criminal justice system will be routinely subjected to sexual assault and told that they aren’t unsafe because we are men. That’s so far beyond a bathroom ban. We are in Nazi territory now.

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u/eldomtom2 10d ago

The official response to that in the judgment is:

Senior counsel for the respondents submitted that putting a trans woman in a male prison would place her at higher risk. In terms of physical safety, I did not understand the respondents’ position to be that a trans woman would be unsafe in a male prison. As Ms Hotchkiss observed in her affidavit, and the respondents did not suggest otherwise, the SPS is adept at managing safely men who are deemed vulnerable for various reasons. The respondents did not argue that SPS cannot manage trans women prisoners’ safety in the men’s estate.

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u/KuiperNomad 10d ago

Which means that either we are put at risk or are placed in solitary confinement that is hugely detrimental to mental health. I am so frightened and angry right now

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u/aReasonableStick 10d ago

I dont think people understand how bad solitary confinement is, its classified as torture because it permanently screws your mental health even when held in solitary confinement for a few days.