Jail for male sex offenders opens shop to sell women’s clothes to transgender cons
Cambridgeshire prison allows inmates to order the must-have items from Avon catalogues
A JAIL specially built for male sex offenders has opened its own pop-up shop for transgender lags to order women’s clothes and make-up.
The prison – which houses 1,200 criminals – has received complaints from six inmates about them being unable to get female clothing, cosmetics and toiletries.
Now the Equalities Team at Littlehey prison has set up a “shop” where the transgender prisoners can browse Avon and Very catalogues and place orders.
The cons have also complained about prison staff refusing to call them by their new women’s names.
A report by watchdog the Independent Monitoring Board revealed: “There are currently 6 transgender prisoners who meet regularly.
“Throughout the year there have been ongoing issues about catalogues to obtain clothing, make up and toiletries on a par with the female estate.
“The Equalities Team have gone to extraordinary lengths to try and change this situation for example there has been a ‘pop up shop’ organised specifically for this group which was well received, specific catalogues like Very and Avon will be available for this group.”