A transgender prisoner who sexually assaulted female inmates has been moved to a male prison that houses the UKs most dangerous men.
Karen White, who identifies as a woman and is now transitioning, was given a life sentence after raping two women and sexually assaulting two female prisoners while being held on remand.
The 52-year-old, who is legally male, has now been incarcerated at HMP Wakefield – nicknamed the Monster Mansion due to its many high profile and inmates.
White was previously kept on remand at female prison HMP New Hall, where offenders can keep their own chickens and have showers in their cells.
A source told the Mirror: It must be a bit of an eye-opener to go from New Hall to Wakefield, to put it mildly.
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Category A prison Wakefield has had the likes of Ian Huntley, Charles Bronson, Stuart Hazell and Robert Maudsley behind its bars.
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White, born as David Thompson, was jailed for two counts of rape, two sexual assaults and one offence of wounding last month.
The court heard she used her transgender persona to put herself in contact with vulnerable women.
She began identifying as a woman around the time she was remanded into custody, awaiting trial, the court was also told.
White then attacked two women while at New Hall in between September and October last year, while on remand for stabbing a 66-year-old neighbour with a steak knife.
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The defendant also freely admitted to probation officers she was sexually interested in children and could abuse a child and think nothing of it.
White also previous convictions for indecent assault, indecent exposure and gross indecency involving children, violence and dishonesty.
Passing sentence in October, Judge Christopher Batty told the defendant: You are a predator and highly manipulative and in my view you are a danger.
You represent a significant risk of serious harm to children, to women and to the general public.
Insiders at Wakefield prison have now told The Mirror that White has become depressed since her move to the infamous male prison.
She has been allowed to dress as she pleases at the governors discretion and is thought to be attempting to raise money for wigs and make-up.
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Requests for transfer from prison on self-identified gender grounds are usually assessed by a special board.
The Ministry of Justice declined to comment on Whites move to Wakefield.
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