A transgender inmate has complained about being 'devalued' in an all-male prison because staff use everyday phrases like 'Right lads', 'OK fellas', and 'Come on gents'.
Raiven Clench is currently serving time at HMP Holme House in County Durham but has lodged a formal discrimination complaint over the way prison officers address inmates.
Writing in the latest edition of prisoners' newspaper Inside Time, Clench, who identifies as a woman, claimed she felt 'degraded' by the casual language used by staff when addressing the prison population.
She said: 'I am a transgender in a male establishment, and while some accept me for who I am, there seems to be an established culture to denigrate and belittle members of the LGBT-plus community.
'Despite DIRF submissions, nothing changes.'
