A transgender prisoner has been accused of sexually assaulting four female inmates after being sent to a women’s prison, despite not having had reassignment surgery.
It is alleged the first attack took place within days of the inmate arriving at New Hall jail in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, reports Daily Mail.
The prisoner, who has been living as a woman for more than two years, was seen visibly aroused during the assault at the high-security complex.
The alleged victim – an inmate with whom the inmate had become friends – said she could see the prisoner’s erect penis at the time of the assault.
There are also claims the prisoner made inappropriate comments about oral sex to another prisoner, while a third says she was also attacked and the fourth woman claimed she was kissed on the neck my the transgender inmate.
The transgender prisoner has now been sent to a Category B men’s jail in a case that will reignite the debate over whether such prisoners should be sent to women’s jails prior to gender reassignment surgery.