Female prison officers claim their human rights were thrown “out of the window” when they were ordered to carry out intimate searches on dangerous transgender prisoner Tiffany Scott. Full body searches of Scott began being carried out by women officers when Scott’s gender identity changed from “male” to “female” on a prison’s computer record system.
But one prison insider said “nothing else about Scott has changed physically,” and women officers who refused to do the searches have to submit their reasons in writing.
The transfer of 31-year-old Scott – formerly Andrew Burns – from HMP Low Moss, near Glasgow, to a women’s prison later this year was blocked after the Record revealed the Scottish Prison Service plans.
The political storm, which brought huge criticism for Forst Minister Nicola Sturgeon, led to the halting of all trans prisoners with a history of violence against women being sent to women’s prisons.
Now female officers from the Low Moss male prison have come forward to express their concerns over women having to carry out searches on Scott – who has to remove clothing for the procedure.
Source: Anger of female prison guards who were told to strip search violent transgender convict
Interesting and good that women prison officers who refused to search him weren’t disciplined https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1730544/low-moss-prison-transgender-female-guard-Tiffany-Scott