Transsexual Wins Women's Jail Plea

Summary


A TRANSSEXUAL prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape while she was a man, has won a landmark High Court order that she be transferred to a women's prison.

A judge declared the continued detention of "A", who cannot be identified for legal reasons, in a male prison was a disproportionate breach of her human rights and was unlawful and unreasonable.

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Transsexual Wins Women's Jail Plea

The publicly-funded case of A, who was described to the court as "a woman trapped in a man's body", is expected to influence future ...

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