Posted on 01/29/2023 3:15:35 PM PST by grundle
When Isla Bryson was found guilty of two counts of rape, the warrant issued by the High Court in Glasgow recommended that the defendant be sent to HMP Barlinnie, a notorious male-only jail.
Instead, Bryson – who until 2020 was known as Adam Graham – was taken to an isolation unit at HMP Cornton Vale, the country’s only women’s jail, sparking a backlash that has engulfed Nicola Sturgeon.
The decision was taken by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), and the Scottish First Minister has insisted she played no role in it.
However, sources with intimate knowledge of how the prison service in Scotland operates said it was inconceivable that SPS bosses would have taken such a monumental decision if they thought it would be strongly opposed by ministers.
Jack McConnell, a former Labour first minister, said on Thursday night: “Let us be absolutely clear. There are no circumstances where this rapist would have been sent to Cornton Vale without ministers knowing.”
Scotland’s prisons have quietly been a testbed for radical gender policies for years, following lobbying from the same trans rights activists who pushed Ms Sturgeon to introduce a controversial gender self-identification system, it has emerged.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
*Like a sturgeon, cuttin’ for the very first time....’’
Its like we’re living in bizzaro world. These people are certifiably insane.
Stupid has no bottom level.
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