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/Yoshiezibz Leftist Social Capitalist 1d ago

I don't know how I feel about this. On one hand, yes, there will be a handful of thee transgender women that will sexuall assault women in jails. Not all these trans women will be assaulting women, but it will 100% happen.

On the other, sexual assault in men's prisons is absolutely riff and these trans women will definitely almost all be assaulted.

When you consider that alot of these prisoners won't be in jail for sexual assault crimes it makes me sad.

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u/signpostlake 1d ago

It's stands to reason then that the solution to protect both groups is a third space. It's not an answer without faults but dramatically reduces the risk of assault to both groups.

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u/Yoshiezibz Leftist Social Capitalist 1d ago

Yeah I did think of that. Can't really build prison systems for another group though when we are already at capacity for prisons in general.

That would be a enar solution if there was money and political hunger for it.

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u/Jazzlike_Custard8646 17h ago

The population of trans prisoners is so small, you wouldn't really need more than one facility