A transgender prisoner has accepted a guilty plea to two sexual assaults against female prisoners. Karen White, who was born a man but identifies as a woman, has confessed to two counts of sexual touching at New Hall Prison, Wakefield which is an all-female jail.
The attacks took place between September and November 2017, Leeds Crown Court heard. Rapist Karen White has admitted sexually touching fellow inmates at an all-female prison. Details of the charges emerged during a hearing in which she also pleaded guilty to one historical count of rape.
Addressing the court and ‘Karen’, judge Christopher Batty said: “I want a full pre-sentence report made. Mum told she can’t I shall get a full sentence report for the issue of dangerness. I will see you on the 11th of October. ‘We will then see the length the sentence will be. I am going to have you assessed to see if you are a danger. I may make conclusions from failure to comply.”

She had previously admitted two other counts of rape and one count of grievous bodily harm – all offences which took place prior to being in prison. She has now been moved to an all male prison
She also previously admitted the two sexual assault charges at a previous hearing. ‘Karen’ White, 51, has since been moved to a male prison. She will be sentenced on October 11 at Leeds Crown Court.
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) guidance says in the ‘great majority’ of cases transgender prisoners are allowed to ‘experience the system’ in the gender in which they identify. The department said there were ‘strict safeguards’ to prevent abuse of the way transgender prisoners are managed while incidents such as this are not commonplace…

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