Transgender prisoners are being moved to jails according to their biological sex, after the Scottish government confirmed it would not appeal a legal ruling.
On Friday, Lady Ross ruled that Scottish Prison Service (SPS) guidance allowing transgender prisoners to be held in jails for the opposite sex was unlawful based on a Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman in equality law.
Justice Secretary Neil Gray said the government accepted the ruling and work was now underway to implement the transfer of prisoners.
The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) withdrew its transgender policy, first implemented in 2014, on Monday.
Susan Smith, a director at For Women Scotland, said they remained “horrified” that SPS ever thought its policy of putting males in women’s prisons was “morally justified, let alone lawful”.
“Sadly, the statement issued by the minister focused on the men who are to be moved, with no reference to the women who have suffered under this iniquitous policy and who deserve a fulsome apology and an acknowledgement of the harm and trauma they suffered,” she said.
Source: Trans inmates leaving women’s prisons following court ruling