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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.
News
Deplatforming is about political vetting
In a letter in The Guardian, one of our trustees, Professor Jo Phoenix, has written about the perils of deplatforming in universities.
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High Court ruling on male prisoners in women's prisons
The High Court today ruled that the prison service was acting within the current law by housing some male prisoners who identify as women in women's prisons.
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The Gender Recognition Act consultation
Read our response to the Women and Equalities Committee consultation on the reform of the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
Comment
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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Counting the costs of extreme lockdown in prisons
“They’re going grey in the face and are constantly tired and worn out. They haven’t had any sunlight.”
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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.