New Scottish transgender prison rules are grounded in ‘institutional sexism’ and worse than before, women’s rights activists have claimed.
Campaigners, who are calling on Scottish MSPs to block new guidelines that were set up after a trans rapist was sent to a women’s prison, say that the rules make it even easier for dangerous men to exploit the system, The Telegraph reports.
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) plans to allow criminals with a history of violence against women and girls to serve their sentences in female jails.
The policy, set to be put in place from February, will apply to transgender inmates who are considered not to pose ‘an unacceptable risk of harm’.
The guidance was issued in the wake of the row over Isla Bryson, a transgender rapist who was initially sent to an all-female prison following conviction.
Bryson – who was previously known as Adam Graham – was subsequently removed to a male wing of a prison after widespread criticism.
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