Thread by @fairplaywomen

#womensprisonJR

So many red flags in this trans prison policy judicial review concerning bad data collection.

MOJ have no central list of exactly how many male-born trans are in the women's estate because they don't count the ones with GRCs. /1

If a prisoner doesn't disclose they have a GRC - and pretends the were born female - there is simply no way for prison authorities to prove any different /2

How can MOJ have a policy on a cohort of prisoners that they can't identify or count. /3

They say that section 22 of the GRA2004 prevents them from making a list of the prisoners who tell them they have a GRC. This is not correct - they can record it when operationally necessary and make sure only relevant staff access the list /4

All of this shows what a mess the existence of the GRA2004 causes. This was set in motion in 2004. This should all have been foreseen and guarded against. /5

It also shows what happens when bad data is collected. Prisoners are allowed to self-declare their sex as well as their trans status. The figures are a mess because some prisoners don't answer the question accurately. We need proper records that collect facts not feelings /6

Data collection underpins good policy making. If you can't count something you can't make policies for it. Its an absolute disgrace that at this very moment in time nobody knows how many male-born prisoners are in a women's prison today. /7