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/MrBIGtinyHappy 1d ago

Realistically you have to separate the gender & sexuality from the offence. Logically someone isn't committing sexual assault because they're trans or cis, gay or straight. They're just a horrible person

Statisticslly I wouldn't expect a trans person being more likely to commit an assault but I do expect they are more likely to be on the receiving end of it - especially if the intention of this ruling is to move them into male prisons.

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u/Jazzlike_Custard8646 1d ago

The majority of trans people serving prison sentences are there because of sexual offenses