A police force is putting biological men in women’s cells despite the Supreme Court ruling that transgender women aren’t legally women. The Telegraph has the story:

Staffordshire Police says its custody policy means “detainees may be placed in accommodation consistent with their gender identity”, the Telegraph can reveal.

That means biological men who identify as transgender women can be placed in women’s-only custody cells.

The force introduced the rules in the wake of last April’s Supreme Court ruling that sex in equality law refers to biological sex, which has been widely interpreted as meaning that biological men cannot use female single-sex facilities.

Its revised policies commit to allowing a person to self-identify their chosen gender.

Staffordshire Police has also been accused of providing “contradictory” guidance on whether an officer of the opposite sex can carry out strip searches. …

Documents released under freedom of information laws show that the force has updated its transgender searching policy and equality impact assessment custody policy in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling.

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