Male prison guidance sparks outrage after urging officers to offer 'makeup' to trans prisoners: 'Beyond a joke!'

Men's prisons are being instructed to provide transgender inmates with makeup, clothing, prosthetics as part of a gender affirming support.

The guidance, including voluntary agreements and pronoun use, has sparked criticism from women's rights groups as "absurd" and "deeply offensive".

Prison officials stress the items are "purchased by inmates themselves" whilst the transgender prison population continues to rise.

Delivering her verdict on GB News, an audience member told host Josh Howie: "Clearly they shouldn't be buying wigs or prosthetics and frilly underwear, which they were actually offering to do in Scotland.

"It's absolutely nonsense. Do they do this for the women and their female estate? No they don't."

Echoing the thoughts of the audience member, satirist Intel Lady told GB News: "It's beyond a joke, isn't it? It's just absolutely ridiculous."

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Expressing concern for women's rights in prisons, Intel Lady added: "And where does this sit on the spectrum of women's rights?

"Because when you're taking away from women or you're saying no to women, but all the men can have the women's products, that's fine. And if you complain about the men having the women's products, then you're a bigot."

She added: "And in the women's prisons they'd have to well, they'd have to hope that if they're allowed, family members are allowed to put some money on their accounts or something."

Reported by The Telegraph, HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) changed the training session in 2024 to mention the provision of make-up, according to documents obtained by a freedom of information request.

As part of the training, officers and staff were urged to supply "appropriate clothing" and "toiletries", including make-up, for their "acquired gender".

The training session highlighted the importance of a "signed voluntary agreement" between the prisoner and prison bosses, outlining ongoing support, showering arrangements and boundary-setting for the use of razors.

The training also told prison officers to help transgender inmates to "buy or supply them" with "prosthetics or chest binders".

A Prison Service spokesman said: "All offenders, regardless of gender, can purchase personal items through the prison shop using their own money and at no cost to the taxpayer."