Trans sex offenders ‘must not be jailed alongside women’

A MAJORITY of people believe trans sexual offenders who have not had gender reassignment surgery should serve their sentences in a men’s prison, a poll has shown.

The Yougov survey found that 59 per cent agreed that “offenders like Isla Bryson”, who are convicted of sexual assault or rape, should be housed in a male facility.

Only 15 per cent said they should be in a women’s prison such as Cornton Vale in Stirling, where Bryson was initially sent last week after being convicted of two rapes. The remainder of respondents were unsure.

Bryson was called Adam Graham when he committed the rapes and has not legally changed gender. Following a public outcry, the rapist was moved to a men’s cell in Edinburgh’s Saughton jail.

Support for sending a trans criminal to a male prison was 11 points higher if they had committed rape or a sexual assault, compared to another offence, and 28 points higher if they had not yet had full gender reassignment surgery.