All transgender prisoners will go into an assessment in a prison service facility that matches the sex of their birth, according to Scotland’s Justice Secretary.
In Scotland under the initial plans, newly convicted prisoners were categorised under the gender they identified as rather than their sex at birth.
However after the case of recently convicted rapist Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham, Justice Secretary Keith Brown confirmed on Thursday the new policy following an urgent review and new key recommendations by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to the Scottish government.
Newly convicted or remanded transgender prisoners will now initially be placed according to their sex at birth, the SPS confirmed….