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Accuracy in criminal statistics matters
I have been concerned for some years about the implications of the preference for gender self-identification over birth-sex for criminal justice.
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The creation of mixed-sex prisons by stealth
There are no single sex prisons in the UK anymore.
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Men have no place in women’s prisons
At the end of February, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) announced a new policy on the treatment of male offenders identifying as trans.
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Canaries in the coalmine
The recent news from Scotland about a double rapist initially sent to Scotland’s only female-only prison was met with such public anger that the government had to announce in parliament that the decision, taken by the Scottish Prison Service, was reversed.
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Why stop at keeping males out of female prisons?
There is a lot about discussion and debate over the placement and housing of transgender prisoners that is strange.
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The prison service needs to work with facts, not fiction
To those who believe that transwomen are women, the answer is simple: transwomen must serve custodial sentences in the female prison estate.
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Women's prisons should be single-sex
If you are reading this, you probably already know at least some of the facts about women in prison.
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We need open discussion on the welfare of women in prison
‘Female prisoners must not share the same accommodation as male prisoners’.
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Opaque and overdue: the Scottish Prison Service trans prisoner policy review
In April 2012 the Scottish Government published Commission on Women Offenders, by Dame Elish Angiolini, setting out a series of practical recommendations to help improve the outcomes for women in the criminal justice system.
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A welcome shift in the transgender debate
After the drama and toxicity of the transgender debate, yesterday was something of welcome anticlimax.
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Let female prisoners decide who can share their spaces
Just under a year ago, I pitched into the debate over the housing of transgender prisoners.
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Are transgender prison wings the answer?
The management of offenders is difficult at the best of times, but Prison Service policy has been severely tested by the growing number of transgender-identified prisoners.