Who Had the Bright Idea of Transferring Men to Women’s Prisons? | Intellectual Takeout

Who Had the Bright Idea of Transferring Men to Women’s Prisons? | Intellectual Takeout
"The other day I was told by a rheumatologist working for the National Health Service that there was a note in my records recommending me for a PSA test (a marker for prostate disease) because of my age.
A PSA test for a woman? 
What is going on in the NHS?
Ah, but the note had a rider: though not appropriate for a woman, the test was necessary “if the patient was transgender".
Clearly, being married to a man, having smear tests and giving birth to three children can no longer be seen as accurate guides to anyone’s “gender”.
This kind of loopiness is relatively harmless.
What happened in New Hall Prison for women in northern England is not.
In a case reported in the British media last week, a convicted rapist sexually assaulted four women in the jail between September and November last year.
Why was he in a women’s jail? 
Because “he” was really a “she”, or so he/she said, and so authoritatively that prison authorities believed him/her..."
Read on.