The Scottish government has ordered an “urgent review” of the management of transgender prisoners after lawmakers voiced anger at reports that a transgender prisoner’s request to move to a female jail had been rubber-stamped.
Andrew Burns, who now uses the name “Tiffany Scott,” reportedly requested a transfer to a women’s prison. The Daily Record newspaper reported this request has been approved despite Burns having a history of violence and is serving an order for lifelong restriction, meaning the prisoner will only be released when no longer considered an “unmanageable risk to public safety.”
