And yet the MOJ say 'There were 233 (or whatever the number was) transgender prisoners and 11 transgender prisoners with a GRC...' . You are simply demanding that we use your definition of transgender, ie has a GRC, rather than the MOJ one, in order to avoid dealing with the implications of the stats. Perhaps you should take it up with the MOJ and ask them to stop recording people without a GRC as transgender.
230 transgender prisoners of which 187 were legally male, and 43 were legally female. Plus 11 trans prisoners.
I am doing no demanding. I have been patiently explaining to you the obvious. These are the terms under which the MoJ sorts prisoners into cohorts.
Transgender prisoners (MoJ term) do not have the protection of the GRA. Some of these might/will have the protection of the EqA if they can demonstrate that meet the criteria. As a resort, as shown in the report, of the 187 who declared themselves legally male, 181 were placed in the men's prison estate, the other six met the criteria and were placed in the women's prison estate after the mechanisms of complex case reviews and risk assessment.
Trans prisoners (MoJ term) have the protection of the GRA. They will need to satisfy the prison service by producing their amended birth certificate, or their GRC, or after the prison service have confirmed that identity with reference to the Gender Recognition Panel. They are still subject to risk assessment. Those with convictions for sexual offences and violence are still subject to risk assessment - under current regulations they are placed in accordance with their birth sex.
The breakdown of arrests for violence are broken down as 45% men, 55% women. The point of including this data is to show you that the violent people in women's prisons are ... wait for it ... drum roll ... violent cisgender women. The UK's most violent prison is in Leicestershire - it is a women's prison.
