Trans women convicted of murder and sex crimes will be banned from women's prisons, under new rules
Trans women who have male genitalia or have committed sexual offences were already banned from female prisons, in legislation that will take effect this week.
It comes after the controversy in Scotland concerning Isla Bryson, a transgender woman convicted of raping two women who was taken to Cornton Vale - Scotland's only all-female facility - to be held in segregation to await sentencing after being found guilty in January.Following an outcry from the public and politicians, Bryson was moved to a men's prison within days. Scottish Justice Secretary Keith Brown commissioned an urgent review.
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