Calls for reform after trans woman found dead in male prison

Vicky Thompson told friends she would commit suicide if she was sent to all-male prison in Leeds

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Vicky Thompson was found dead after being sent to an all-male prison in Yorkshire last year 
(Image credit: Robert Steele)

A transgender woman has been found dead after being sent to an all-male prison in Yorkshire.

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