Violent trans prisoner Tiffany Scott has reportedly been granted permission to transfer to a women-only Scottish prison after previous relocation requests were denied, Scottish reports reported on Saturday.
Scott is known as one of the most violent inmates in the Scottish prison system and managed to harass a 13-year-old girl while she was incarcerated under a previous identity as Andrew Burns by sending her repeated letters, the Daily Record reported.
Scott has been involved in numerous violent attacks against female and male guards, fellow inmates, and a nurse.
HMP Low Moss Prison near Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, January 9, 2020.
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He also reportedly harmed himself by attempting to hang himself after shredding “rip-proof” clothing and ripping an IV line out of his arm, the Daily Record said.
Scott is being held at the men-only Low Moss Prison on the outskirts of Glasgow.
The Scottish government is facing pressure to intervene in the transfer after another case earlier this week caused a stir when Isla Bryson, a convicted rapist, was initially granted approval for a women-only prison. That decision was later reversed.
Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon ordered the decision to be overturned on Thursday after Bryson was found guilty on Tuesday of raping two women in 2016 and 2019 while she was still known as Adam Graham and before she switched genders, the BBC said.
Bryson had apparently been transferred shortly before her sentencing on Tuesday to a women’s prison known as Cornton Vale, where she was kept segregated before Sturgeon intervened, The Guardian reported.
Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, arrives at Glasgow High Court.
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Sturgeon now faces similar pressure to intervene in Scott’s case.
Security issues surrounding Incarnate prisoners and their gender identity arose in the wake of a gender recognition bill that was passed by members of the Scottish Parliament in December. The bill was blocked earlier this month by the UK government.
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Opponents of the bill that Sturgeon first introduced six years ago, which allows people to more easily change their gender identity, said it does not provide enough safeguards in cases where abusive men could take advantage of the system.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon awaits the start of First Minister’s Questions in the Scottish Parliament on January 26, 2023 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Sturgeon responded to criticism this week of the bill, reportedly saying: “First of all, in general, any prisoner who poses a risk of sexual offense is segregated from other prisoners, including during any period of evaluation of risks.
“Second, 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 recognition certificate. Each case undergoes a rigorous individual risk assessment, and as part of that, the safety of other prisoners is paramount.”
