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A general view of Greenock Prison in Scotland, on Aug. 19, 2009. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Half of Scotland ’s transgender prisoners only identified as women after they were put behind bars, according to figures obtained in a Freedom of Information request.
There are 16 transgender inmates in Scottish prisons, eight of whom began their transition while “being cared for in custody following their remand or conviction for their current offence,” the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) confirmed in a Freedom of Information request (FOI) seen by The Epoch Times.
The SPS added that six trans prisoners have “current or previous” convictions for sex offences. There is an undisclosed number of trans prisoners in the male estate under consideration for a move to the women’s estate.
The FOI asked if there had been any complaints from female prisoners about inappropriate behaviour or sexual assaults against trans prisoners since the SPS trans policy was introduced in 2014.
SPS confirmed there have been 6,758 complaints made by females within its care since 2014. But it could not say how many of these were for trans-related issues owing to the cost and scope involved in such a request. Single-Sex Provision
Kate Coleman runs the organisation Keep Prisons Single Sex, which was set up in 2020 to campaign for the right of female prisoners to single-sex provision.
Coleman has highlighted that women in prison, who have often been victims of much more serious offences than those they are accused of committing, suffer fear and anxiety if required to share accommodation with a male prisoner.
“All male prisoners would objectively have an easier time in the female estate,” Coleman told The Epoch Times in an email.“Where Scottish Prison Service has created the possibility for male prisoners to be allocated to the female estate on the basis of self-identification as female, it […]
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker