{"id":24537,"date":"2023-01-27T08:23:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T13:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=24537"},"modified":"2023-01-27T08:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T13:23:50","slug":"jailing-of-trans-rapist-isla-bryson-is-shambles-says-prison-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2023\/01\/27\/jailing-of-trans-rapist-isla-bryson-is-shambles-says-prison-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sending a transgender rapist to a women’s prison was an “unnecessary shambles”, its former governor said.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rhona Hotchkiss, who ran Cornton Vale until 2017, said she would have refused to have Isla Bryson at the prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bryson, 31, was remanded to the jail in Stirling after being convicted of raping two women before she changed gender. Bryson began transitioning from a man to a woman while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She was moved to\u00a0HMP Edinburgh men’s prison on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It came after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that Bryson would not be allowed to serve her term at Cornton Vale.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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She is due to be sentenced next month for raping a woman in 2016 and another in 2019, with concerns being raised about the potential safety implications of housing her alongside female prisoners.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It has also emerged that Bryson had enrolled on a beauty course at Ayrshire College after being charged with the two rapes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A female student who was on the same course\u00a0told the Daily Record newspaper<\/a>\u00a0that students had been unaware Bryson was awaiting trial, with others saying Bryson had been “overpowering” and “disruptive”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The newspaper reported that classmates were repeatedly being branded homophobic by Bryson, who was finally asked to leave the course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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One of the students said: “Being a beauty course, you need to take your clothes off for some of it. We were doing spray tanning at one point and I was a model. You need to stand practically naked.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The college said it too had been unaware of the allegations against Bryson during her three months on the course in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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