Category: transgender prisoners

Over 60 Percent of Scotland’s Transgender Prisoners Only Transitioned After Being Jailed: Reports

Reports that over 60 percent of Scottish transgender prisoners only transitioned after being locked up have been deemed “shocking but unsurprising” by women’s rights campaigners. Of the 19 transgender prisoners currently in Scotland’s prisons, 12 are recorded as beginning their transition “after their date of admission,” according to The Telegraph. The figures, disclosed to the…


Transgender Rapist Prison Row Should Be a ‘Turning Point’ for UK: Campaigner

A sex-based rights campaigner says she hopes outrage over the remanding of a transgender rapist into a female prison is a “turning point” in the UK. Speaking to NTD’s Lee Hall for the “British Thought Leaders” programme, Kate Coleman—director of Keep Prisons Single Sex—said the case of Adam Graham should be “seized upon” in the…