Transgender inmates will not be in contact with women in other parts of the prison, officials said.
The UK's first prison unit for transgender inmates will open this week, the Ministry of Justice has said.
Officials say the three prisoners, who have Gender Recognition Certificates, will not have access to the other women at HMP Downview, in Sutton.The move comes after the case of Karen White, a transgender prisoner, who sexually assaulted two women while on remand at New Hall jail in Wakefield.White, who was born male and now identifies as a woman, was described by a judge as a"predator" who was a danger to women and children.
It is only 16 months since the Ministry of Justice reviewed its procedures and drew up new guidelines to ensure the"great majority" of transgender offenders"experience the system in the gender in which they identify". And, in February, ministers said they were carrying out another review of the guidelines they had only recently announced.
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