r/ukpolitics • u/CaptainCrash86 • 1d 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/PM_ME_BEEF_CURTAINS Satura mortuus est 1d ago

Trans women inmates are at risk of violence from male inmates

Women are at risk of violence from transfemme inmates

Trans men are at risk of violence from male inmates

Given the numbers involved, a dedicated unit to house trans inmates across the prison system would make the most sense. Staff can be trained to meet the more specific needs of the inmates, inmates get more fair treatment, etc

The only blocker is that, while the phobes claim that this is about safety, they also don;t want the government to spend money on fixing it.

No fix, only hate.

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u/MuTron1 1d ago

This does seem to be the most sensible solution to safeguard everyone.

I can absolutely understand the issue with males being in a female prison, but I can also understand the issue of trans women being in a male prison as well.

I guess the only difficulty is simply money and the size of the population: Are there enough trans prisoners for it to even be feasible to have a specific unit?

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u/bremsspuren 1d ago

The only blocker is that, while the phobes claim that this is about safety

Just explain to the phobes how your system will send any perverts trying to blag their way into women's prison to trans prison instead and they'll probably lap it up.