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Are sex offenders exploiting trans-rights policies behind bars?

19 January 2022

6:00 PM

19 January 2022

6:00 PM

A few years ago, there was some controversy about the facts relating to people in prison who identify as transgender, and the proportion of those people jailed for committing sexual offences. The controversy started in 2018 when Fair Play for Women, a feminist campaign group, analysed English prison service data and estimated that 41 per cent of transwomen in prison were there for sexual offences.

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