Homicide: Gender Recognition
(asked on 24th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted murderers were recorded as being transgender in each year for which information is available.
Date | Number of serving prisoners convicted of murder reporting as being transgender |
31 March 2016 | 9 |
31 March 2017 | 15 |
31 March 2018 | 16 |
31 March 2019 | 20 |
This data is not available prior to 2016 or currently available for 2020. Individuals may contribute towards totals in multiple years.
We expect all prisoners to be treated fairly, lawfully and decently, with their rights and safety properly respected. Thorough and appropriate assessment of risk is of paramount importance for the management of all those in our care, regardless of an individual’s gender or any protected characteristic they may or may not have.