Almost a fifth of women who died in prison during the past two years had been born men, according to official figures.
The Prison and Probation Ombudsman recorded 33 female deaths in custody between 2016 and 2018. Of those, six were men who ‘self-identified’ as women.
Critics last night warned that the inclusion of transgender women risked skewing the figures and creating confusion.
Richard Garside, director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, said: ‘I hope the ombudsman reviews its approach and starts classifying accurately these tragic cases. The causes and contexts of male and female deaths in prison are not always the same.
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