20,000 Sign Petition Amid Reports Female Prisoner Assaulted by Trans Inmate

The trans attacker transitioned after his 2009 murder conviction.

Security guards patrol the grounds near rolls of razor wire at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 9, 2005. Ian Waldie/Getty Images

Over 20,000 people have signed a petition calling for uniform nationwide rules to exclude biological men from women’s prisons.

The Women’s Forum Australia issued the call after reports emerged of a female inmate was allegedly sexually assaulted by a trans prisoner in Victoria in 2022.