BREAKING NEWS: Judgement for the Judicial Review on the MOJ's transgender prison policy is being handed down today at 10.30

Follow @fairplaywomen for news and comment on the result
Here's a reminder of what the case was about /2 fairplayforwomen.com/why-female-inm…
In March 2021 a judicial review was heard after a female prison brought an indirect discrimination claim on the grounds of sex. Her legal team argued that two transgender policies do not adequately consider the detrimental impact on female prisoners and should be quashed /3
Both policies were published in 2019 following the sexual assault of two women by Karen White, a male transgender prisoner, while on remand in a women’s prison. Despite some welcome improvements designed to safeguard women they did not go far enough /4
The legal framework exists that would allow the MOJ to exclude all male-born prisoners from women’s prisons, irrespective of transgender status. This includes both the separate-sex exceptions in the Equality Act 2010 and the Prison Rules 1999. The MOJ chose not to use them /5
Judgment will be handled down at 10.30 this morning. Follow @fairplaywomen for news and comment on the result. /6

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The high court has today ruled that the MOJ's transgender prison policy to house's high-risk male-born transgender prisoners in female prison is “capable of being operated lawfully" /1

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You can watch the full @GBNEWS interview here vimeo.com/565768178
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