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Title: Prisons watchdog demands changes after deaths of transgender inmates
Post by: stephaniec on January 10, 2017, 04:27:57 PM
Post by: stephaniec on January 10, 2017, 04:27:57 PM
Prisons watchdog demands changes after deaths of transgender inmates
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/10/prisons-watchdog-demands-changes-after-deaths-of-transgender-inmates/
Pink News/By Nick Duffy 10th January 2017, 11:04 AM
"The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has recommended reforms on trans issues following a string of deaths of trans prisoners.
The UK government had promised a review in 2015 of the way trans people in prisons are dealt with, after two female prisoners died within weeks of each other while being held in all-male facilities. "
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/01/10/prisons-watchdog-demands-changes-after-deaths-of-transgender-inmates/
Pink News/By Nick Duffy 10th January 2017, 11:04 AM
"The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has recommended reforms on trans issues following a string of deaths of trans prisoners.
The UK government had promised a review in 2015 of the way trans people in prisons are dealt with, after two female prisoners died within weeks of each other while being held in all-male facilities. "