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Reform prison tsar: Trans women can be sent to female jails

ENGLAND AND WALES, AUG 4 – Vanessa Frake argues for case-by-case risk assessments instead of blanket bans on trans women in female prisons amid ongoing political debate and 295 transgender prisoners in England and Wales.

  • A report shows that two thirds of trans women prisoners are sex offenders, raising concerns about safety in female prisons.
  • Shabana Mahmood noted that the majority of trans women were already held in male prisons earlier this year.
  • Data for 2023-24 reveals 295 transgender prisoners, with only 51 in female prisons.
  • Ms. Mahmood stated that no trans women convicted of rape or serious violence would be placed in women's prisons.
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Reform UK's justice adviser has surprising view on trans prisoners

Reform UK's new justice adviser Vanessa Frake said trans women shouldn't be automatically banned from female prisons.

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Reform Prison Tsar: Biologically Male Trans Women Can be Put in Female Jails – The Daily Sceptic

Reform UK's new justice adviser says that biologically male trans women shouldn't face a blanket ban from female prisons.

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Nigel Farage's new prisons tsar opens door to trans women being placed in female prisons

Transgender criminals could be placed on female prison wings under case-by-case assessments, Nigel Farage's new prisons tsar has claimed

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Reform prison tsar: Trans women can be sent to female jails

Former governor argued that decisions on housing inmates should be assessed on an ‘individual basis’

·London, United Kingdom
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The Telegraph broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, August 4, 2025.
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