The Scottish government has ordered an “urgent review” of the management of transgender prisoners after lawmakers voiced anger at reports that a transgender prisoner’s request to move to a female jail had been rubber-stamped.
Andrew Burns, who now uses the name “Tiffany Scott,” reportedly requested a transfer to a women’s prison. The Daily Record newspaper reported this request has been approved despite Burns having a history of violence and is serving an order for lifelong restriction, meaning the prisoner will only be released when no longer considered an “unmanageable risk to public safety.”
The opposition Scottish Conservatives said Burns had attacked female staff while in a men’s prison and it is “absolutely appalling” that “such a violent and dangerous criminal is set to be transferred to a women’s prison.”…