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.