Transgender woman, who stalked a girl as a man, granted transfer to Scotland all-women’s prison: report

Violent trans prisoner Tiffany Scott has reportedly been given permission to move to an all-female Scottish prison, Scottish reports said on Saturday.

Scott is known as one of the most violent prisoners in the Scottish prison system and managed to stalk a 13-year-old girl while held under a former identity as Andrew Burns by repeatedly sending her letters , the Daily Record reported.

Scott has been involved in several violent attacks against female and male guards, fellow inmates, and a female nurse.

HMP Low Moss Prison near Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, January 9, 2020.
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The Daily Record said she allegedly attempted to self-harm after ripping off “tear-proof” clothing and ripping an IV out of her arm.

Scott is being held at the all-male Lough Moss prison outside Glasgow.

The Scottish government is facing pressure to intervene in transfers after another case earlier this week, when Isla Bryson, a convicted rapist, was initially approved for an all-women prison. That decision was later reversed.

The BBC said First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday ordered Bryson to overturn the verdict after he was found guilty of raping two women in 2016 and 2019 while he was still known as Adam Graham and had to undergo a sex change. before.

The Guardian reported that Bryson was transferred to a women’s prison known as Cornton Vale shortly before sentencing on Tuesday, where she was kept in isolation before Sturgeon intervened.

Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, arrives at the High Court in Glasgow.
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Sturgeon is now facing similar pressure to intervene in Scott’s case.

Safety issues surrounding incarcerated prisoners and their gender identity have come to the fore after the Gender Identity Bill was passed by members of the Scottish Parliament in December. The bill was blocked by the UK government earlier this month.

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Sturgeon first introduced six years ago. Opponents of the bill, which would allow people to more easily change their gender identity, said it did not provide adequate safeguards in instances where abusive men could potentially become victims of abuse. can take advantage of the system.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon waits for the start of First Minister’s Questions at the Scottish Parliament on January 26, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Sturgeon responded to criticism over the bill this week, reportedly saying, “First, in general, any inmate who poses a risk of a sexual offense is segregated from other inmates without any need for a risk assessment.” included during the period.

“Secondly, there is no automatic right for a trans woman convicted of a crime to serve her sentence in a women’s prison, even if she has a gender identity certificate. Each case is subjected to a rigorous individual risk assessment and, As part, the safety of other inmates is paramount.”