Women prisoners treated as ‘pawns for political gain’, court hears

Co-directors of For Women Scotland, left to right, Susan Smith, Marion Calder and Trina Budge (left to right) outside Parliament House in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

Women prisoners are being treated as “pawns for political gain”, a lawyer has told a court at the start of a legal challenge to the Scottish Government’s policy on the treatment of transgender prisoners.

The judicial review of the policy, which is brought by the campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS), is being heard at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.