While Kenyan transgenders are awaiting anxiously for a court rule over violence suffered by the individuals,In UK they are awaiting their first very own prison.
The UK’s first prison unit for transgender inmates will open this week, the Ministry of Justice has said.
The wing, within a women’s prison in south London, will initially cater for three offenders who were born male but have since changed gender.
Officials say the three prisoners, who have Gender Recognition Certificates, will not have access to the other women at HMP Downview, in Sutton.
The Ministry of Justice said prisoner safety was “our biggest concern”.
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.