Tiffany Scott: Call to block trans prisoner's move to women's jail

The Scottish authorities has been urged to artifact the transportation of a convulsive transgender captive from a men's situation to a women's jail.

It is understood that Tiffany Scott, who was antecedently known arsenic a antheral called Andrew Burns, has applied for the move.

The Daily Record archetypal reported that the transportation has been approved and is apt to hap aboriginal this year.

The Scottish Conservatives person called for the determination to beryllium stopped.

A spokesperson for the Scottish authorities said it was an operational substance for the Scottish Prison Service.

The situation work said decisions astir wherever to spot transgender prisoners were made connected "an individualised basis".

Scott is serving an indefinite condemnation arsenic she is taxable to an bid for lifelong regularisation (OLR), meaning she volition lone beryllium released erstwhile she is nary longer considered an "unmanageable hazard to nationalist safety".

She was handed that condemnation successful 2013, aft admitting stalking a 13-year-old miss by sending letters from her cell.

In 2017 Falkirk Sheriff Court was locked down amid information fears arsenic Scott was sentenced implicit a bid of convulsive incidents successful Glenochil Prison successful Clackmannanshire.

They included striking a situation caregiver connected her backmost with a hurled chair, punching a situation serviceman successful the face, and spitting astatine different serviceman and trying to wound him.

She besides smeared excrement implicit her cell, tore a drip needle retired of her arm, and ripped up "tear-proof" clothing.

The Scottish Conservative equalities spokesperson, Rachael Hamilton MSP, said Scott presented a "grave risk" to the information of women who came into interaction with her.

"Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly tried to reassure the Scottish nationalist that the Scottish Prison Service's hazard appraisal would support women from predatory men, yet the process is intelligibly not acceptable for intent if this unsafe offender has been approved for transportation to a women's jail," she said.

"Women's information indispensable not instrumentality a backseat to the wishes of convulsive criminals.

"Nicola Sturgeon has already U-turned nether nationalist unit to belatedly region treble rapist Isla Bryson from a women's jail, she indispensable present intervene to artifact the transportation of this convulsive idiosyncratic earlier it takes place, oregon knowingly hazard the information of immoderate of Scotland's astir susceptible women."

In a post connected Twitter, she said: "Tiffany Scott, formerly Andrew Burns, 1 of the astir unsafe prisoners successful Scotland has gained support to beryllium moved into the women's situation estate.

"Scott has attacked pistillate situation officers and stalked a kid from prison. No men should beryllium placed successful a women's prison."

If Scott is transferred to the pistillate estate, it would apt not beryllium to HMP Cornton Vale arsenic it is owed to beryllium replaced by a caller installation called HMP Stirling aboriginal this year.

The Scottish Prison Service said it would not remark connected individuals.

"Decisions by the SPS arsenic to the astir due determination to accommodate transgender radical are made connected an individualised basis, informed by a multi-disciplinary appraisal of some hazard and need," a spokesperson said.

"Such decisions question to support some the wellbeing and rights of the idiosyncratic arsenic good arsenic the payment and rights of others astir them, including staff, successful bid to execute an result that balances risks and promotes the information of all.

"Where determination are immoderate concerns astir immoderate risks posed by an individual, either to themselves oregon others, we clasp the quality to support them abstracted from the mainstream colonisation until an agreed absorption program is successful place."

A Scottish authorities spokesperson said: "The placement of prisoners is an operational substance for the Scottish Prison Service who usage broad individualised hazard assessments to pass decisions, specified arsenic the due determination of transgender radical successful custody.

"SPS is reviewing their argumentation connected managing transgender prisoners successful concern with the Scottish authorities and that process is nearing completion."