Biological males could demand to serve sentences in ‘lovely’ women’s jails, court hears

Biological men could demand to be housed in “lovely” women’s jails under Scots prison policy, the UK’s equalities watchdog ...

Women prisoners treated as 'pawns for political gain', court hears

A lawyer representing For Women Scotland accused the prison service of “institutional neglect of and contempt for women’s ...
LBC

Women's rights 'not breached' if males placed in female prisons, court hears

There is no automatic breach of female prisoners' human rights by the presence of men who identify as women, in the female ...
openDemocracy

Revealed: Women suffer most from spiralling court backlog

Women on remand appear to disproportionately suffer poor mental health while in prison. Of the 17,000 people held on remand, ...

Scottish Labour commits to banning transgender women from female prisons if Sarwar becomes FM

Anas Sarwar has vowed to ban transgender women from the female prisons "within days" if he becomes first minister after the ...
Medical Xpress

Experts raise concerns over maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons

Senior midwives and researchers with experience in criminal and social justice are among those calling for improved maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons. In an article published by The ...

Government accused of treating women like ‘pawns’ over trans prisoners

Government accused of treating women like ‘pawns’ over trans prisoner policy - For Women Scotland is challenging the Scottish ...
LBC

Women prisoners treated as 'pawns for political gain' claims KC as court case on transgender policy begins

Women prisoners in Scotland are being treated as "pawns for political gain", by an "Orwellian" policy "based on institutional neglect of and contempt for women's rights" a court has been told.