Over 60 Percent of Scotland’s Transgender Prisoners Only Transitioned After Being Jailed: Reports

Over 60 Percent of Scotland’s Transgender Prisoners Only Transitioned After Being Jailed: Reports
Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, from Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, arrives at the High Court in Glasgow, on Jan. 23, 2023. PA Media
Patricia Devlin
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Reports that over 60 percent of Scottish transgender prisoners only transitioned after being locked up have been deemed “shocking but unsurprising” by women’s rights campaigners.

Of the 19 transgender prisoners currently in Scotland’s prisons, 12 are recorded as beginning their transition “after their date of admission,” according to The Telegraph.