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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rebecca McCurdy

Scottish minister ‘trusts’ decision to send transgender rapist to women’s jail

PA Wire

Scotland’s Justice Secretary expressed faith in the Scottish Prison Service’s (SPS) decision to place a transgender woman convicted of raping two women while she was a man in a women’s prison.

Keith Brown also told MSPs that the controversial Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill – which is currently being challenged by the UK Government – would have no implication on which prisons transgender people are held in.

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