Transgender inmates have carried out seven sex attacks on women in jail

May 10, 2020 by

by Martin Beckford, Mailonline:

Despite the risks, male-born trans convicts are still allowed to move into women’s prisons.

Transgender prisoners have carried out seven sex attacks on women in jail, it can be revealed today.

Official figures show for the first time the true scale of offending by criminals who were born male but were allowed to move into female jails after changing gender.

Yet despite the risks, prison governors are still allowing trans inmates to move into the jails. Male-born trans prisoners were first allowed to request a transfer to women’s jails in England and Wales in 2016.

Just a year later the risks of the policy were made clear when a convicted rapist was moved to women’s jail HMP New Hall and sexually assaulted two women inmates.

Karen White dressed as a woman but was still legally a man and had not undergone surgery. She was jailed for life in 2018 by a judge who branded her a ‘highly manipulative’ predator.

Now the Ministry of Justice has admitted the case was not a one-off. In response to a Parliamentary question from former Labour Party General Secretary Baroness McDonagh, Ministers have revealed there have been several other sexual assaults by trans prisoners.

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