Isla Bryson, a transgender woman found guilty of raping two women before transitioning, has been moved from Scotland’s all-female Cornton Vale prison to a male facility after an intervention by Nicola Sturgeon.
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| Isla Bryson was found guilty of raping two women before transitioning. Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA via TheGuardian |
The first minister told MSPs earlier on Thursday that Bryson would not be incarcerated in the women’s prison “either short term or long term”, after a report saying the offender had been transferred there on Tuesday prior to sentencing prompted outrage across the political and campaigning spectrum.
Sturgeon emphasised it was important not to suggest “even inadvertently” that trans women posed an inherent threat to women.
Sturgeon said she agreed it was not possible to have a rapist incarcerated in a female prison.
Emphasising this was an operational matter for the Scottish Prison Service, she added: “The Scottish Prison Service is in the process of giving effect to the decision it has taken not to incarcerate this prisoner in Cornton Vale.”TheGuardian
