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Prison Officers are calling for clear guidelines on how to deal with Transgender inmates.

Prison Officers are calling for clear guidelines on how to deal with Transgender inmates.

Prison Officers are calling for clear guidelines on how to deal with Transgender inmates.

The Sunday Independent reports that currently male officers cannot search someone who identifies as a woman.

However female officers can't search a transgender woman who has not yet had gender re-assignment surgery.

The issue arose less than two weeks ago when a trans woman who had not had the procedure was suspected of carrying a weapon.

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A source told the paper that 'mass confusion' followed and the suspect couldn't be searched thoroughly as a result.

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