Mister M Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 A transgender woman has become the second trans prisoner in the space of a month to apparently take their own life while serving time in a male jail in England. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/01/second-trans-prisoner-joanne-latham-apparently-takes-own-life-in-male-jail Should transgendered women be sent to an all male prison (or conversely a transgendered man to a female prison)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
999tigger Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 How sad. They are reviewing the guidelines and i hope they get them right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamston Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 The article says the person had only recently changed their name from Edward to Joanne and doesn't mention anything about gender surgery and the name change seems to be a long time after they have been sent to prison . I can understand arguments for men who have had sex change operations being sent to female prisons but surely this person was still a man so how could he have be sent to a woman's prison . Also what happens if women prisoners object to people who were born as men being in the same prison as them ? The transgender term covers a wide range of people which includes those who have not or do not intend to have gender surgery . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 A transgender woman has become the second trans prisoner in the space of a month to apparently take their own life while serving time in a male jail in England. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/dec/01/second-trans-prisoner-joanne-latham-apparently-takes-own-life-in-male-jail Should transgendered women be sent to an all male prison (or conversely a transgendered man to a female prison)? I wonder how far down the article people read? Headline: and your post: Second transgender inmate found dead in male prison Transgender woman Joanne Latham apparently killed herself in Woodhill prison on Friday, just weeks after death of Vicky Thompson bring on the tears and leftie brigade. - Next bit: She was serving a number of life sentences for attempted murder and was housed on the close supervision centre (CSC), reserved for the most dangerous and vulnerable prisoners. sounds like they are vulnerable OR dangerous? Why weren't the later parts in the headline? In 2001, Latham was given a life sentence for attempting to murder her flatmate by lacing a glass of Coca-Cola with mercury. Six years later, in 2007, she was given another life sentence after trying to kill another inmate at HMP Frankland in County Durham. Then in July 2011, when being held at Rampton secure psychiatric hospital in north Nottinghamshire and still living as a man, she tried to kill another patient by stabbing him in the neck. She was found guilty by jury of attempted murder and given another life sentence - Mister, if you think the question: 'Should transgendered women be sent to an all male prison (or conversely a transgendered man to a female prison)?' is a reasonable question using this example, then I think you've lost it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Person who kept trying to kill people kills itself. Can't say I'm that bothered tbh. The article says her brief said he is 'essentially a woman' but the only evidence presented is he started using another name a few months ago. People should be housed in the prison suitable for their gender when convicted, if they start calling themselves mandy to get shipped to a cushier pad then the prison regime will break down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 How does this work? If you're a male prisoner and decide you want to be female does the prison pharmacy then dispense you female hormones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 How does this work? If you're a male prisoner and decide you want to be female does the prison pharmacy then dispense you female hormones? I guess it would. It's a medical treatment on prescription after all so why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quik Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 I guess it would. It's a medical treatment on prescription after all so why not. Its not something prisoners should be allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Its not something prisoners should be allowed. Why not????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Its not something prisoners should be allowed. Medical treatment? Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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