Campaign to move transgender woman from male prison

A transgender woman who was sent to a male prison, and then moved to a female one after protests, has been released, leaving prison with her mother.

Tara Hudson has lived her adult life as a woman but was sent to the all-male HMP Bristol after she admitted assault.

More than 150,000 people signed a petition for her to be moved. She was then transferred to the women's prison Eastwood Park in Gloucestershire.

There have been two recent cases of transgender women being found dead in male prisons.

The mother of the transgender woman who was sent to a male prison has confirmed that she's now been moved to a female institution.

Supporters of Tara Hudson gathered outside Bristol Crown Court yesterday where she was appealing against her jail sentence for assault. The appeal failed - but Hudson is now serving the remainder of her sentence at Eastwood Women's Prison in South Gloucestershire.

A transgender woman who was sent to a male prison for assault has been moved to a female prison, after a campaign to have her moved.

A legal partner at the Bath firm representing Tara Hudson has tweeted the following.

Politicians have been tweeting their support for the 26-year-old, who was given a 12-week sentence at all-male Bristol Prison by magistrates despite having lived as a woman her whole adult life.

A petition calling for her to be moved was signed by more than 140,000 people, and fears for her safety increased after reports that she was sexually harassed in the male prison.

A judge has said prison officials should reconsider where a transgender woman serves her sentence for assault.

Supporters of Tara Hudson staged a demonstration outside Bristol Crown Court - where her appeal against the jail term was rejected. The court heard she'd been taunted by inmates since being sent to the all-male Bristol prison.

While rejecting her appeal, the judge said it was for the prison service rather than the court to decide where she should serve her term, and invited "sensitive consideration" of the issue.

An appeal is taking place today in the case of a transgender woman from Bath ordered to serve a sentence at a male prison.

Tara Hudson was given a 12-week sentence at Bristol Prison by magistrates despite the 26-year-old having lived as a woman her whole adult life.

A petition calling for her to be moved has been signed by more than 115,000 people, and fears for her safety have increased after reports that she had been sexually harassed in the prison.

Supporters of Tara are planning to gather outside Bristol Crown Court, while a concurrent protest takes place in London.

The mother of 26-year-old transgender woman Tara Hudson has told ITV West Country that her daughter is "suffering sexual harassment" in a male prison in Bristol.

There is a campaign to move Tara from the all-male HMP Bristol. Protests have been planned for Bristol and London, and more than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for her release in the last 3 days.

Jackie Brooklyn was called by her daughter from a prison phone this morning (Oct 29th), and says Tara told her she is being "constantly harassed".

Tara Hudson's appeal to be moved from the prison will be heard tomorrow (Oct 30th) at Bristol Crown Court. Supporters are planning a rally outside the court.

A rally is planned to coincide with transgender woman Tara Hudson's appeal to be moved to a female prison.

The appeal will be heard at Bristol Crown Court tomorrow (Oct 30) and supporters have arranged to protest outside.

Transgender woman Tara Hudson was sent to an all-male prison in Bristol after admitting to assault.

She has lived all her adult life as a woman and has undergone 6 years of reconstructive surgery. Prison authorities made the decision to send her to HMP Bristol as her passport states she's a man.

An online petition calling for Tara to be moved to an alternative facility has reached over 100,000 signatures in 3 days.

A Facebook event calling for an 'emergency protest' outside the Ministry of Justice in London has also been set up.