What happens to transgender prisoners?

I've only visited one prison so far, on a tour with several other students. It's a very recently refurbished prison, with modern appearance and infrastructure. read more

Now, at least the handful of students visiting the prison have the awareness that transgender prisoners should be entitled to some privileges because they do not choose to be transgender, and they face assault and humiliation in cells. read more

The MoJ says it does not know how many transgender prisoners are being held in its jails. Announcing an expanded review of procedures, the justice minister Caroline Dinenage said: “Transgender adult prisoners are normally placed according to their legally recognised gender. read more

Transgender prisoners are vulnerable in U.S. prisons due to a general policy of housing them according to their birth-assigned gender or genital configuration (i.e. post-op trans women would be placed in women's prisons), regardless of their current appearance or gender identity. read more

The rules governing how transgender prisoners are treated – and whether they are sent to male or female prisons – are to be reviewed, the Ministry of Justice has announced. The decision follows the deaths of two women in the past two months who had been sent to all-male jails. read more