Female prisoners have been raped, sexually assaulted and even impregnated by these male prisoners who they're forced to cohabit with. There's no excuse whatsoever for prison authorities using women as human shields for male-on-male violence.

Women's prisons absolutely need to be female-only, for the safety and dignity of women. If male prisoners are in danger from other men, for whatever reason (ex-police, pedophile, trans-identifying, etc.), then that is solely an issue to be dealt with within the male prison estate. Not for vulnerable women to be punished with.

This is the problem with the so-called "trans rights" movement more broadly. Their activists will bend over backwards to cater to whatever demands these trans-identifying males have, while completely disregarding all the harmful negative impacts upon women. It's a deeply misogynistic type of activism that is centered almost entirely around male desires.