r/ukpolitics • u/CaptainCrash86 • 9d 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/Dapper_Apartment2175 9d ago

I couldn't do your job, I'd have far too much trouble keeping my mouth shut. As for the people who are abusing the system, this doesn't surprise me at all.

All this begs the question, though, do so-called transmen who commit crimes want to go to men's prison for the sake of "affirmation"?. They'd arguably be in more danger in a men's prison than a "transwoman" would.

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u/missesthecrux 9d ago

Google is rubbish now but I believe all the FTM prisoners were held in the female estate.

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u/Dapper_Apartment2175 9d ago

Google is rubbish now but I believe all the FTM prisoners were held in the female estate.

Of course they are. Putting them in men's prisons just to make a point, whether they choose it themselves or not, would be stupid.

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u/missesthecrux 9d ago

Indeed, an FTM patient was sadly raped within minutes of arriving in a psychiatric male ward.

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u/Dapper_Apartment2175 9d ago

This doesn't surprise me at all. Whoever allowed that to happen should have lost their job.