Some say that campaigns to stop men being imprisoned in women’s prisons are a distraction from the main challenges of prison reform.
- Suicide, self-harm and violence
- Overcrowding and appalling living conditions
- The traumatic separation of children from their mothers
- The failure of prisons to rehabilitate
Given these big challenges, some argue, the imprisonment of a few men in women’s prisons is a minor issue. Irrelevant even.