Trans inmates with history of violence against women to be mostly kept out of female Scottish jails

Cornton Vale women's prison in Stirling, where the transgender woman Isla Bryson was initially sent, provoking an outcry. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Transgender inmates with a history of violence against women will not be housed in female prisons in Scotland, except in “exceptional circumstances”.

The long-awaited Scottish Prison Service policy review was prompted by the public outcry after a newly convicted transgender woman, Isla Bryson – who committed two rapes while living as a man, Adam Graham – was initially sent to the women-only prison Cornton Vale in January for assessment.