Scottish First Minister Confirms Trans Rapist Won’t Be Held at All-Female Prison

Isla Bryson, 31, formerly known as Adam Graham, arrives at the High Court in Glasgow, who a jury found guilty of raping two women, one in Clydebank in 2016 and one in Drumchapel, Glasgow, in 2019. Andrew Milligan/PA Media

Nicola Sturgeon came under pressure from campaigners, MPs, and Downing Street after they expressed concerns that a transgender rapist convicted of attacks on two women was set to be sent to a female jail to await sentencing.

At Holyrood on Thursday, the Scottish First Minister confirmed that the trans prisoner Isla Bryson, who was convicted of raping two women, will not be incarcerated at Cornton Vale women’s prison.