Transgender Woman Commits Suicide After Being Sent to Male Prison

 transgender woman who had threatened to kill herself if she
was sent to a men’s prison has been found dead. 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 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.