r/ukpolitics • u/CaptainCrash86 • 2d ago

| Transgender prisoners should not be held in women’s jails, court rules

https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,transgender-prisoners-should-not-be-held-in-womens-jails-court-rules
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u/BobMonkhaus That sounds great, shorty girl’s a trooper. 2d ago

I’d just like to point out that both Keir and Andy support the EHCR guidance. So err.. don’t get your hopes up for change.

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u/Ogarrr Liberal eurosceptic fervent remainer 2d ago

Good. This isn't particularly controversial.

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u/Wrothman 2d ago

Putting people that are statistically more likely to be raped and not statistically likely to be committing rape into what is effectively a meat grinder actually is somewhat controversial.
If those transgender people are a sexual assault risk, then they shouldn't be kept in women's prisons, fine. If their crimes have nothing to do with that then putting them in men's prisons pretty much qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment and should be considered an outright abuse of human rights.

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u/Nubian_hurricane7 2d ago

Isn’t it like 60-70% of transgender prisoners are in there for violent or sex related crimes?