An erring transgender woman has taken her own life after the jury sent her to a a male prison against her wish.
Vicky Thompson
A transgender woman who had threatened to kill herself if she was sent to a men’s prison has been found dead, according to the Mirror.
Vicky Thompson, 21, was serving a 12-month term at HMP Leeds after breaching a suspended sentence. Solicitor, Mohammed Hussain had advised the judge she was “essentially a woman” and asked for her to be sent to New Hall women’s prison, near Wakefield.
Thompson, who had not undergone gender reassignment surgery , was so distraught at being jailed with men that she warned she would commit suicide.
Prison rules state convicts should be placed according to their gender “as recognised by UK law” that usually means as stated on their birth certificate.
Thompson of Keighley, West Yorks, had identified as female since her teens but did not have reassignment surgery.