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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Neil Pooran

Custody officer ‘angry’ after pronoun disagreement, tribunal told

An employment tribunal is taking place in Edinburgh (Johnny Green/PA) - (PA Archive)

A trainee prison custody officer was “angry” after a disagreement with a colleague about the use of pronouns, an employment tribunal has heard.

An instructor at security firm GEOAmey also said there had been an incident where an officer was attacked by a transgender prisoner who saw that paperwork referred to them as “he” rather than their chosen pronouns.

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