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Transgender prisoner Tara Hudson 'feared being raped' | Transgender prisoner Tara Hudson 'feared being raped' |
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A transgender woman sent to an all-male prison has said she was so frightened she was going to be raped she "thought of taking her own life". | A transgender woman sent to an all-male prison has said she was so frightened she was going to be raped she "thought of taking her own life". |
Tara Hudson, 26, from Bath, was jailed for 12 weeks after she admitted head-butting a barman. | Tara Hudson, 26, from Bath, was jailed for 12 weeks after she admitted head-butting a barman. |
She was transferred from all-male HMP Bristol to HMP Eastwood Park after 150,000 people called for her to move. | She was transferred from all-male HMP Bristol to HMP Eastwood Park after 150,000 people called for her to move. |
Hudson, who was released on Friday, said being in a male prison was "horrific". | |
She spent seven days at HMP Bristol before being moved to the all-female Eastwood Park. | She spent seven days at HMP Bristol before being moved to the all-female Eastwood Park. |
'Very scary' | 'Very scary' |
"I've lived my life as a female for over half a decade and to be incarcerated at a male prison was too much," she said. | "I've lived my life as a female for over half a decade and to be incarcerated at a male prison was too much," she said. |
"I didn't think I'd end up in a men's prison. | "I didn't think I'd end up in a men's prison. |
"I had a lot of men trying to get me to show my breasts, I'd seen a lot of violence - it was very, very scary. | |
"I thought I was going to get attacked, I thought I may be raped. | |
"That kind of sounds dramatic but at the end of the day I've a large bust, I have bleached blonde hair, I've worked as a glamour model. | |
"It was not the right place for me." | |
Hudson, who is still legally a man, said she was put on a segregation wing at Eastwood Park. | |
"I wasn't allowed any interaction with the other female prisoners. I was on lock-up for 23 hours a day." | |
She said she knew nothing of the campaign to get her moved. | She said she knew nothing of the campaign to get her moved. |
"When I did find out I was so humbled," she said. | "When I did find out I was so humbled," she said. |
'Complete hell' | 'Complete hell' |
"It meant people on the outside recognised who I was, they knew I'm female and I'd lived my life a female. | "It meant people on the outside recognised who I was, they knew I'm female and I'd lived my life a female. |
"That support has made me feel like I am a woman." | "That support has made me feel like I am a woman." |
She said hearing fellow trans prisoners Vikki Thompson, 21, and Joanne Latham, 38, had killed themselves in all-male prisons had made her determined to campaign for a change in the law. | She said hearing fellow trans prisoners Vikki Thompson, 21, and Joanne Latham, 38, had killed themselves in all-male prisons had made her determined to campaign for a change in the law. |
"My heart dropped because I knew what those two girls went through. | "My heart dropped because I knew what those two girls went through. |
"I would have done the same I think. | |
"I didn't ask to be transgender, they didn't ask to be transgender - we were all thrown into the situation that made our lives complete hell. | "I didn't ask to be transgender, they didn't ask to be transgender - we were all thrown into the situation that made our lives complete hell. |
"If something doesn't change soon then there will be more deaths. | |
"I'm not doing this for publicity, I'm doing this for those two girls who killed themselves." | "I'm not doing this for publicity, I'm doing this for those two girls who killed themselves." |
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