The Latest Breaking News from Cornton Vale

Stirling residents given chance to have first glimpse of new prison

Locals are being given the chance to get a first glimpse inside Stirling’s new prison. HMP & YOI Cornton Vale has been a part of the local community for years. And now, as the Scottish Prison Service transitions to the opening of the new HMP &a

Daily Record · May 24, 2023

Mum of double rapist Isla Bryson accuses government of 'ego trip' over gender reform

Bryson was moved out of Cornton Vale and into HMP Edinburgh after a political storm which many critics believe contributed to the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon.

Daily Record · Apr 23, 2023

Trans killer locked up with women for six years in Scots prison fears she would not survive men's jail

Sophie Eastwood, formerly known as Daniel, has beenheld among female ­prisoners in Cornton Vale since 2017 but fears being moved.

Daily Record · Feb 20, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon insists review of transgender prisoners in women's jails will provide 'clarity'

The Scottish Government has been under fire for the past week after double rapist Isla Bryson was sent to Cornton Vale after being convicted.

Daily Record · Jan 30, 2023

New trans prisoner storm looms for Nicola Sturgeon over transfer of violent stalker Tiffany Scott

Troubled Scott - formerly Andrew Burns - has been repeatedly refused a switch to women's jail until now.

Daily Record · Jan 28, 2023

Isla Bryson: Scottish college students ‘asked to strip in front of transgender rapist’

Ayrshire College said it had no prior knowledge of charges against the trans woman

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023

Double rapist Isla Bryson enrolled at college while facing charges

A transgender woman convicted of raping two women while she was a man was enrolled on a college beauty course involving spray tan sessions while…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 27, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon says Stirling women’s prison won’t be home to transgender double rapist

A double rapist who now identifies as a woman won’t serve her sentence at Stirling’s Cornton Vale women’s prison despite being sent there this week. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed yesterday (Thursday) that Isla Bryson, who is due to be sen

Daily Record · Jan 26, 2023