A males’s jail has been criticised for failing to supply make-up merchandise for transgender prisoners.
HM Inspectorate for Prisons discovered the jail was lagging behind with ‘insufficient help to minority teams’.
The findings had been revealed throughout a random inspection of HMP Northumberland in Morpeth, The Solar stories.
The inspection report famous: ‘Prisoners figuring out as non-binary, gender fluid or transgender had been consulted, however not repeatedly. Prisoners instructed us they’d but to see any adjustments because of session.
HMP Northumberland in Morpeth homes some 1,348 inmates – bbut it has been criticised over its range practices
‘In the course of the inspection, it was troublesome for prisoners to acquire make-up and ladies’s clothes,’ said a report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons
‘In the course of the inspection, it was troublesome for prisoners to acquire make-up and ladies’s clothes.
‘Leaders had not sufficiently prioritised equality and variety and didn’t pay enough consideration to the experiences of prisoners with protected and minority traits. Total, help for prisoners from protected or minority teams was insufficient.’
The inspection additionally discovered LGBTQ+ inmates wished larger alternatives to satisfy contained in the jail, which homes 1,348 individuals.
A inmate quoted within the report stated that the jail catered for almost all and ‘neglect the minorities’.
A spokesman for HMP Northumberland stated: ‘We totally acknowledge some areas require enchancment, notably round exercise, rehabilitation and variety. We have now been working because the inspection to develop and implement an motion plan.’
