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Young offenders who identify as transgender could be put in single-sex units based on their 'acquired gender' as part of a plan being considered by the government.
Campaigners have said parts of the Youth Custody Service's draft Transgender Guidance documents are 'troubling' and 'risky' due to concern over male-born 10 to 18-year-olds being housed with girls.
The draft paper, set to be published and finalised this autumn, says that staff in the first instance would seek to place a trans child in a secure children's home or training centre rather than a young offenders' institution, which usually only house boys.
This is due to children's homes and training centres accommodating both genders, meaning the child would interact with both boys and girls.
If they are put in a mixed institution with single-sex units for boys and girls, the trans child could be housed 'in the unit of the acquired gender' - based on a risk assessment, The Times reported.
Young offenders who identify as transgender could be put in single-sex units based on their 'acquired gender' as part of a plan considered by the government (stock image)
Heather Binning, of the Women's Rights Network, told the Times: 'The wider implications of this are troubling.
'Policies for girls are being changed with no regard for the material reality of their sex and their need for safety, privacy and dignity when they are going through puberty.'
