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𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗜𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗞

#KeepPrisonsSingleSex @NoXYinXXprisons

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#Amendment97ZA #Amendment214 #PoliceCrimeBill
@NoXY_USA

"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"

crimeandjustice.org.uk/news/2021-07-0…

#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

"𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗔 𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀"
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#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

An incredible piece of committed work documenting crimes committed by men who do not identify as men

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#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

"We have women’s prisons for the same reason we have women’s toilets, women’s refuges, women’s changing rooms, women’s hostels – to keep women safe from those male-bodied people who might do them harm"
Cont.
#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

"...To keep women safe from people with penises who might use those penises to do things to women that women do not want to happen..." @jameskirkup
#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

spectator.co.uk/article/are-fe…

"I have been astounded by the number of female offenders who are victims of domestic abuse and how that is a significant trigger to their offending"
Police inspector involved in a women’s diversion scheme
#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

prisonreformtrust.org.uk/PressPolicy/Ne…

"Female correctional officers in Scotland are forced to strip-search trans-identified male inmates in women's prisons, a duty they say is making them "uncomfortable"

Scottish Prison Service characterize discomfort as "transphobic"...
#KeepPrisonsSingleSex
4w.pub/female-prison-…

"Dad, Transgender, Grooms, Rapes 3-Year-Old Daughter; Receives 18 Months in Women’s Jail"

womenarehuman.com/33-year-old-ma…

#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

"Evidence clearly shows that putting women into prison can do more harm than good for society, failing to cut the cycle of reoffending and often exacerbating already difficult family circumstances."

#KeepPrisonsSingleSex + Why are women incarcerated?

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

"A transgender prisoner who sexually assaulted two inmates at a women's jail and had previously raped two other women has been given a life sentence."

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

Why are so many abused women in prison?

"I spent a lot of my time in custody working with and listening to other women in prison who had suffered traumatic histories of abuse at the hands of men"

centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/new-blog-1/202…

Amy's story:
"𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻... 𝗯𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮"

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

Why?

"Sex offenders are being housed in budget hotels after being released from prison in a move that could put the public at risk, a watchdog has warned"

independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

"Convicted child sex offender avoided jail after communicating with an adolescent girl. Explaining the sentence, Judge Spragg said the transgender-identifying paedophile would be “vulnerable and easily exploited” if placed in prison"
womenarehuman.com/transgender-ch…
#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

"Santa María, Córdoba. Trans detainee who was being held for violence against women released from prison after authorities suspected that he had sexual contact with several female inmates, and impregnated one"
#KeepPrisonsSingleSex

womenarehuman.com/transgender-de…

#KeepPrisonsSingleSex