That’s exactly it. I had just that conversation with a friend the other day. He said if “it’s just a fey lad in for shoplifting, what’s the harm in putting him in with women?” I showed him the photo gallery on These Are Not Our Crimes and he almost jumped out of his skin.
That’s exactly it. I had just that conversation with a friend the other day. He said if “it’s just a fey lad in for shoplifting, what’s the harm in putting him in with women?” I showed him the photo gallery on These Are Not Our Crimes and he almost jumped out of his skin.
Hope it gave him pause for thought! If a fey lad, however harmless he may be, is not safe in a men's prison, that's the MoJ's problem to deal with. Just shoving him in the female estate is not the answer. Women are not shields against male violence! It always kicks my arse that such arguments can be made. As if women should be cool with men in their spaces / orgs etc if the men are gay or feminine or wear knickers under their trousers...
But even if it were 'just a fey lad in for shoplifting' (which it is very unlikely to be anyway) why should women's dignity & privacy be compromised? I know you think that too, Greengate, I'm not getting at you but why can't people learn to think and see problems before it's too late? I despair.
That’s exactly it. I had just that conversation with a friend the other day. He said if “it’s just a fey lad in for shoplifting, what’s the harm in putting him in with women?” I showed him the photo gallery on These Are Not Our Crimes and he almost jumped out of his skin.
Hope it gave him pause for thought! If a fey lad, however harmless he may be, is not safe in a men's prison, that's the MoJ's problem to deal with. Just shoving him in the female estate is not the answer. Women are not shields against male violence! It always kicks my arse that such arguments can be made. As if women should be cool with men in their spaces / orgs etc if the men are gay or feminine or wear knickers under their trousers...
But even if it were 'just a fey lad in for shoplifting' (which it is very unlikely to be anyway) why should women's dignity & privacy be compromised? I know you think that too, Greengate, I'm not getting at you but why can't people learn to think and see problems before it's too late? I despair.