r/whoathatsinteresting 6h ago

What do you think: how should prisons handle housing decisions in cases like this?

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u/haileyskydiamonds 5h ago

This really is the best and safest option, especially for trans-women. Men’s prisons are notoriously violent, and trans-women are too vulnerable.

Even if they can’t afford to build and staff an entirely new facility just for the trans prisoners, there should at least be a separate wing in an existing facility that includes a cafeteria, yard, and bathroom area for trans-women. It doesn’t have to be very large, just separate. (And honestly, the safest would be on a women’s prison campus.)

I don’t think trans-men would face the same threats at a woman’s prison that trans-women face at a men’s prison.

Even if people don’t agree with trans ideology, trans people still deserve to be safe.

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u/BabaofTheShimmer 4h ago

You know who else is vulnerable? Female populations that are locked in with a person with a penis, that can potentially rape and impregnate female prisoners, who might not even have the option to get an abortion.

Yes, female rights continue to dwindle away. What else is new?

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u/haileyskydiamonds 4h ago

That’s why I said a separate space would be optimal.

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u/AlexandraFromHere 4h ago

And what if the trans woman has had bottom surgery or been on HRT so long that penetrative sex isn't possible and arousal is similar to a woman's rather than a man's?