dec 5, 2023 - Female Transgender Inmates Convicted of Hurting Women to go to Male Prisons: Scotland

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Trans women who have hurt or threatened women or girls will not be held in female prisons unless there are "exceptional" circumstances, new guidance states.

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) policy follows a public outcry after a rapist was sent to a women's prison.

The Scottish Conservatives said the new policy was "subjective" and "unacceptable".

The latest figures for Scotland show there were 23 trans prisoners from January to March this year.

They included 19 transgender women, seven of whom were in a women's prison, and four transgender men - one of whom was in a male prison.

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