This attack on trans prisoners sets a dangerous precedent, showing us all that our rights can be debated and withdrawn in courts, especially those who are most vulnerable in society. It also reinforces the structural violence imposed by the ruling class through the use of policing and prisons. While the state claims that prisons are there for rehabilitation or reducing crime, in fact they are used as a tool of the ruling class to discipline the working class. This includes enforcing institutionalised racism and a strict gender binary.
Trans prisoners are not only vulnerable to abuse by other prisoners, but by the system they have no power over. Decisions can be made like this unilaterally with no recourse, and no one will care as prisoners are treated as less than human.
