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Transgender woman wins court case for transfer to female prison

A transgender woman won a High Court case to be transferred to Northern Ireland’s female prison while being held on charges of threatening to kill her neighbour, it has emerged.

Ah well good to know at least it’s not an alarming type of crime at all.

Michelle James, 63, was moved from Maghaberry Prison to Hydebank Wood on Thursday after taking court proceedings. The move happened after the Department of Justice accepted there was a lack of policy in place for transgender prisoners and consented to the transfer.

Oh great, so there is no policy, so the wise and safe thing to do is to force women to deal with the danger. Thanks, Department of Justice, that’s sweet of you. It’s much better to terrorize and endanger a bunch of women than it is to make one man sad by denying his outrageous demand.

Justice Minister Naomi Long seems to be ok with the decision.

They were originally held in Maghaberry but appealed and won their appeal.

Every prison is risk assessed on committal to ensure they are managed to ensure the safety and dignity of them and others.

— Naomi Long MLA (@naomi_long) December 21, 2024

And what the risk assessors come up with is “Sure, put the man in the women’s prison”? Where did they get their training in risk assessment?

My sole objective is ensuring the safety and dignity of each person committed to our care. That's the only ideology that drives prison policy and the only one which ever will.

— Naomi Long MLA (@naomi_long) December 21, 2024

It’s so simple.