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November 20, 2015

Britain: 21-Year-Old Transgender Woman Found Dead in All-Male Prison 
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In Britain, prison authorities are investigating the death of a
21-year-old transgender woman who was found dead in the all-male Leeds
prison in West Yorkshire last Friday. Vicky Thompson had identified as
female since her mid-teens. She and her lawyer had repeatedly asked for
her to be relocated to a women's prison.

 

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