Transfer approved for transgender prisoner

http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/transfer-approved-for-transgender-prisoner-2015082714#axzz3jzjv0vnE 🔗

3News/Thursday 27 Aug 2015

"A transgender prisoner at Rimutaka jail has been transferred to women's facility, Rimutaka Prison director Chris Burns confirmed today.

Jade Follett was serving time in the men's facility since June after being sentenced to 21 months' imprisonment for stabbing a man who stalked and threatened her.

Members of the group No Pride in Prisons started a hunger strike today in a bid to get Follett moved to a women's facility, pointing to evidence from a 2007 study showing trans women were 13 times more likely to be sexually assaulted in a men's prison than other prisoners."

Corrections will apologise to transgender prisoner

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11504225 🔗 [Link: nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm/]

NZ Herald/ 10:25 AM Friday Aug 28, 2015

"Corrections will apologise to a transgender prisoner following a revelation her transfer request went nowhere when a staff member went on leave.

Jade Follett has been moved from Rimutaka Prison to a women's facility after a protest group raised her plight in the media.

Corrections initially said it only received her transfer request this past weekend, however the Corrections Minister has since looked into the situation and found it was made much ."

After thinking Tahe hunger sike would go nowear, I am heppy to descover I was wrong 🙂