Its about the new framework for the care and management of transgender prisoners which @RichardJGarside covered this weekhttps://twitter.com/RichardJGarside/status/1153322675877666821 …
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The article suggests there is such a thing as "opposite gender prisons". (Rights info have a problem with saying sex.... )https://twitter.com/2010Equality/status/1098254604582699008 …
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Brewer says “we are talking about a policy that is published by the government that states that the ‘strength and function’ of a prisoners genitals can be looked at as a threat to other prisoners".
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“How do you assess the strength and function of some one’s genitalia? Where is the legality in that?” she asks..... it does sound a bit odd
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Except it doesn't say that.... READ THE POLICY. What it says is "consideration of physical strength and genitalia" . Which seem like perfectly reasonable things to consider if you are thinking about locking a male criminal up in a women's prisonpic.twitter.com/N3gL3YCEyQ
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What prompted the review says Brewer was the government capitulating to "anti-trans campaigners" who put forward “the idea that trans women impose an inherent risk to non-trans women”
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"It attaches that risk to their trans identity.” I can not get over the stupidity of this. Men pose an inherent risk to women, whether they have a trans identity or not. If you cannot understand this you have no place writing about any of this.
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“We need to look at this from a human rights perspective" says Brewer. .....Except both she and every body at
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@AdamWagner1 but I don't expect a response, apart from the usual 'put in a complaint', which will be fobbed off by the team. Adam your organisation has a problem on this issue. It is the board's responsibility.Show this thread -
Michelle Brewer is co-founder of
@UKTELI and co convenor on prisons (along with, at one time Jess Bradley ). You'd think@rights_info would mention their expert is not just "a barrister" but co-founder of a lobbying organisationhttps://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1025286778025136128.html …Show this thread
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