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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.
Comment
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.
Comment
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.”
Comment
A welcome shift in the transgender debate
After the drama and toxicity of the transgender debate, yesterday was something of welcome anticlimax.
Project
Transgender prisoners
We have been working to encourage calm, respectful dialogue and discussion on the practical challenges of housing transgender individuals in the prison system.
Since the autumn of 2018, our Director has written a number of think pieces for our website and made various media interventions. In February 2019 the Centre's Trustees lead a process with the staff team, which resulted in the publication of a formal statement on transgender prisoners. It concluded...
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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.
Comment
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.
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This week in media appearances
It's been a busy week for our Director, Richard Garside, who has given his comments on a range of criminal justice issues.
In Tuesday's Guardian, Richard drew light on the geographical clustering of knife violence in an article by Jamie Grierson. ...
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Conference cancellation: Prison abolition in the UK
We are saddened to announce that the conference, Prison Abolition in the UK, planned for 23 and 24 May, has been cancelled.
Unfortunately, one of our conference partners has, in recent weeks, been subjected to concerted pressure by those intent on disrupting the conference. In the circumstances, they felt they had no option but to pull out.
As an organisation, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies walks the...