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A sex offender who is currently undergoing a male to female transition has been given a protection detail after being remanded to the Dochas Centre Women's prison in Dublin.

The prisoner was remanded in the women's prison in Mountjoy on Monday after being convicted of 10 counts of sexual assault and one count of cruelty against a child, according to an exclusive in the Sunday World.

Sources confirmed to the newspaper that the prisoner is being given protection status by the Irish Prison Service and is being accompanied by two officers at all times when roaming the common areas of the prison.

It is understood to be the first time in the prison's history that a person registered as a male on their birth cert has been remanded to the Dochas centre Women's Prison.

Housing transgender prisoners in women's prisons has been met with controversy in the UK.

Karen White, previously known as David Thompson, was jailed for life in the UK in 2018 for sexually assaulting two female inmates at a women's prison.