Prison governors have been put in an unenviable position of deciding the fate of transgender prisoners after the government tied itself in knots over the issue.
To date there are still no clear regulations from Scottish ministers about where transgender criminals should be accommodated, despite the public outrage over rapist Isla Bryson being placed in a women’s prison.
Bryson now believes their human rights have been breached by being housed in the male estate and subjected to transphobic slurs by other inmates and staff.
