A trans woman who was convicted of rape will be not be jailed in a female prison after the case sparked outrage.
Isla Bryson - born Adam Graham, from Clydebank, Scotland - carried out her crimes before transitioning to a woman.
"But given the understandable public and parliamentary concern in this case I can confirm to parliament that this prisoner will not be incarcerated at Cornton Vale women's prison.It came after Labour's shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said unequivocally that Bryson should not be put with female inmates.
Bryson's claim that both encounters were consensual was rejected. She said she knew she was transgender from aged four but did not decide to transition until she was 29, and that she has been taking hormones and wants to have surgery.But the decision to send her to a women's prison, Cornton Vale in Stirlingshire, has sparked controversy amid fears for the safety of female inmates left with a convicted rapist who still has male genitalia.
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