Transgender Prisoner Sexually Abused in a Female Prison

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Karen White was convicted of sexual offences and sent to women's prison. She used her transgender persona to put herself in contact with vulnerable women. There is a completely reasonable argument that trans women are particularly at risk of sexual violence in male prisons. Male prisons are in any case a really horrible place to be. The conditions are horrible. They have violent tense places to be.

The movement for trans rights hits its stride in the early 2010s, but encounters fierce resistance from an unexpected source. J.K. Rowling watches the battle unfold with mounting unease.

Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, and Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.

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