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18-07-2023, 11:57 AM
Charles Hymas
Mon, 17 July 2023 at 4:13 am SGT
Transgender prisoners have been moved out of women’s jails in England and Wales as potential security risks in the wake of the Isla Bryson scandal.
At least two transgender inmates have been transferred to men’s jails or a special transgender wing after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) tightened the rules to protect women prisoners.
A review has identified the transgender prisoners as potential risks because they were sex offenders or had convictions for serious violence including murder, attempted murder and kidnap.
“We’ve changed the rules so transgender women who’ve been convicted of sexual or violent offences – or who retain male genitalia – cannot be held in a women’s prison unless in truly exceptional circumstances,” said a Government spokesman.
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Dominic Raab, the former justice secretary, strengthened the rules in England and Wales after the controversy over Isla Bryson.
Bryson, a transgender woman found guilty of raping two women before transitioning, was initially sent to the all female Cornton Vale prison before an outcry forced the Scottish Government to reversed the move. It subsequently launched a review of prison rules for transgender inmates.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trans-prisoner...45364.html
Mon, 17 July 2023 at 4:13 am SGT
Transgender prisoners have been moved out of women’s jails in England and Wales as potential security risks in the wake of the Isla Bryson scandal.
At least two transgender inmates have been transferred to men’s jails or a special transgender wing after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) tightened the rules to protect women prisoners.
A review has identified the transgender prisoners as potential risks because they were sex offenders or had convictions for serious violence including murder, attempted murder and kidnap.
“We’ve changed the rules so transgender women who’ve been convicted of sexual or violent offences – or who retain male genitalia – cannot be held in a women’s prison unless in truly exceptional circumstances,” said a Government spokesman.
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Dominic Raab, the former justice secretary, strengthened the rules in England and Wales after the controversy over Isla Bryson.
Bryson, a transgender woman found guilty of raping two women before transitioning, was initially sent to the all female Cornton Vale prison before an outcry forced the Scottish Government to reversed the move. It subsequently launched a review of prison rules for transgender inmates.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/trans-prisoner...45364.html
