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@sappholives83 This is doing two sleights of hand at once: (1) treating “trans community” as a single political actor that “supports” specific prison placements, and (2) treating any harm in custody as proof that trans people “despise women.” Neither follows.

@sappholives83 Safeguarding failures in prison are real and serious. But the cause is risk management, not a minority group’s existence. Prisons already separate people all the time based on credible risk: violence history, sexual offences, gang affiliation, coercive behaviour, vulnerability.

@sappholives83 A proper system is boring and evidence-based: individual placement decisions + dynamic review + staff training + intelligence-led risk assessment + segregation for high-risk perpetrators + protection for vulnerable prisoners. If that wasn’t done, that’s a governance failure.

@sappholives83 Blaming “trans people” for institutional failures is scapegoating: some administrators may have applied a flawed policy or made a poor decision, therefore “the trans community hates women.” That’s collective guilt, not safeguarding.

@sappholives83 Also: the tweet collapses “trans women” into “male inmates” as a rhetorical shortcut. But identity ≠ behaviour, and behaviour ≠ category membership. The relevant variable in prison placement is risk, not which culture-war label someone dislikes.

@sappholives83 If someone has a record of sexual violence (or poses a credible risk of it), the answer is straightforward: they should not be placed where they can victimise others. That’s compatible with respecting trans people and protecting women. It’s not either/or.

@sappholives83 The international law flourish doesn’t rescue the argument. Citing the Mandela Rules/Geneva Conventions doesn’t magically convert a contested policy area into “proof of trans contempt.” Those frameworks are about humane treatment and safety—i.e., risk-managed custody.

@sappholives83 And notice the emotional leap: “rapes have been reported” → “therefore trans people are to blame.” When harm occurs in a prison, the first questions are: What was the offender’s risk profile? What controls failed? What safeguards were missing? Who was accountable?

@sappholives83 If the answer is “the prison ignored known risk indicators,” then the fix is: tighten placement criteria, improve monitoring, strengthen consequences of coercion/harassment, expand protective units, & ensure complaints are investigated—not “paint an entire minority as predators.”

@sappholives83 Finally: “I will never understand how anyone could hate women this much.” That’s not an argument; it’s moral condemnation aimed at a whole group. You can advocate fiercely for women’s safety without turning it into a licence to smear trans people collectively.

@sappholives83 Women in custody deserve protection. So do vulnerable prisoners, including many trans people who face high rates of victimisation. The grown-up approach is safeguarding-by-risk, not culture-war-by-category.

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