From Keep Prisons Single Sex
I visited a man in prison (not Belmarsh) a few months ago. He estimated that 10% of the men were "trans". He said there were many reasons for this:
- a minority want to get into the female estate
- some are doing it to exert power over officers, other prisoners & to mess with the system
- some do it because officers are "pro trans" & will give them a free pass
- a good number do it because they are prostituting themselves & it will increase their "marketability" (see previous point)
- some do it because they can use the canteen allowance they get to buy things to sell on
- and some have been groomed into it. The younger ones, the very vulnerable ones, the ones struggling & at risk, they are very often groomed.
He drew a comparison between young vulnerable men in prison being groomed by Islamic fundamentalists and transgender ideology. The difference? With the former, Prevent will be all over you in a second. But with the latter, the prison service facilitates and encourages it.
This has to stop in men's prisons too.
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