United Kingdom: England & Wales
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UK: what it’s like to be a transgender woman in a men’s prison
During the past 18 months, three openly transgender women have taken their own lives in custody in England: Vikki Thompson, Joanne Latham and Jenny Swift. Their deaths speak of the difficulties that transgender people face behind bars. The ongoing inquest into Thompson’s death sheds some light onto…UK: transgender woman said she would leave male prison 'in a box'
Inquest hears Vikki Thompson died within a month of arriving at HMP Leeds where she was classed as being a suicide risk. A transgender woman sent to a male prison was found dead in her cell after repeatedly warning that she would leave “in a box”, a jury has heard.Royaume-Uni : Supreme court to consider appeal to enforce smoking ban in jails
Prisoner says rules on smoking in communal areas are not being upheld, exposing him to dangerous levels of secondhand smoke. The remaining rights of prisoners to smoke inside their cells are to be challenged at the supreme court in a case which, if successful, could inflame discipline problems in p…