Almost twelve months after rapist Isla Bryson was sent to a women’s prison, the Scottish Prison Service has come up with a new transgender policy. From 26 February 2024, transwomen – including male transsexuals like me – will be barred from the female estate if they had been convicted of crimes that harmed women. Quite right, but behind the headlines – Trans women who hurt females to go to male prisons, according to the BBC – the devil is in the detail.
Debbie Hayton 