More than 100,000 people signed a petition to have a transgender woman moved from HMP Bristol, where she was sent by Bath Magistrates Court to serve a 12-week sentence for assault. She was later moved to a female prison.
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.
Transgender prisoner Tara Hudson has described life in an all-male prison as "hell" in an interview with ITV Westcountry.
A transgender woman from Bath will go back to a male prison despite protests.
A court will decide whether a transgender woman from Bath will serve her sentence in a female or male prison.