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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Campaigners challenge Scottish policy on transgender inmates in female prisons

Women holding signs reading: 'No males in female jails'
Supporters of For Women Scotland protesting outside the Scottish parliament in September. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Female prisoners are paying the price for an “Orwellian” Scottish government policy that allows some transgender inmates to be housed in female prisons, Scotland’s highest civil court has heard.

The campaign group For Women Scotland is challenging guidance that says trans prisoners should be housed according to individual risk assessment, which the group argues is contrary to the supreme court’s ruling on women-only spaces.

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