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Sarah Jane Baker

Sarah Jane Baker
Baker interviewed in 2020
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Brixton, South London, England
Occupations
Known forUK's longest-serving transgender prisoner
Notable work
  • Life Imprisonment : An Unofficial Guide
  • Transgender Behind Prison Walls
Websitesarah-jane-baker.com

Sarah Jane Baker (born 1969) is a British transgender rights activist, author, convicted criminal, prison inmate, and artist. She created the Trans Prisoner Alliance to support trans people in prison,[1] and was the UK's longest-serving transgender prisoner at the time of her release.[2]

She grew up in London in a large family and was neglected by her parents. She was imprisoned, initially for seven years which was extended to a life sentence for the attempted murder of another inmate[3] who, she said, had repeatedly attacked her.[4] She escaped from prison in 2007, and was caught after three months.

Baker says she learned to read and write in prison; there she published two books and contributed to a third, and created artwork that was exhibited after her release. She served 30 years in 29 different male prisons, during which time she came out as a trans woman in 2013, and cut off her own testicles with a razor blade in 2017.[2] After her release in 2019, Baker became a transgender rights activist and announced her intention to stand as a political candidate.

She was arrested after a speech at London Trans+ Pride in 2023, and charged with "commissioning an offence". She was found not guilty of the charge, but recalled to prison because she was on licence.[5]

  1. ^ "With letters and lipstick, a transgender prisoner helps those left inside".
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