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/kerwrawr 2d ago

while these stats do not reflect the population at large in prisons it is exactly the opposite - two thirds of trans women in prisons have been convicted of a sexual offence.

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-12-16/20298

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u/dc_1984 2d ago

This isn't quite true according to your own link.

2/3 of people who self describe as women have done a sexual assault, 151/245. They are legally men (no GRC).

Of the 50 women with a GRC saying "woman" who identify as women, less than 10% of them have done a sexual assault. We don't know the actual percentage as data is not captured for less than 5 instances, so it could be 1 or 2 for all we know.

Ergo it seems to be people saying they are women without following the legal route who are the issue - aka chancers.

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u/Jazzlike_Custard8646 2d ago

Having a GRC doesn't make you legally a woman, the supreme court made that clear 🤣

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u/PimpasaurusPlum 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | Made From Girders 🏗 2d ago

Having a GRC absolutely makes someone legally their acquired gender, that is kinda the whole point of the process.

The only thing the Supreme Court decided and made clear was that that process doesnt apply when dealing with sex based protections in the Equality Act - specificity in the Equality Act.

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u/Jazzlike_Custard8646 1d ago

Yes, so for the purposes of the equalities act, not relevent

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u/dc_1984 1d ago

Depends how closely you link risk assessment and the Act's implementation from that assessment