Lawyers for the Scottish government said moving trans woman prisoners to male-only jails would create an 'unacceptable risk ...

The release point for certain short-term prisoners is to be cut to 30% of their sentence, down from 40%.

The campaign group For Women Scotland is challenging the guidance which helps decide which prisons trans people are held in.

The government has argued having a "blanket rule" for where prisoners are housed could breach human rights law.

SNP’s lawyer argues the ‘mental health and rehabilitation’ of prisoners is more important than their biological sex ...

A legal challenge on the Scottish Government’s policy on the treatment of transgender prisoners started today.

In an announcement to MSPs on Tuesday, Angela Constance said the proposal is to ease pressure on Scotland’s prisons ...

Anas Sarwar has vowed to ban transgender women from the female prisons "within days" if he becomes first minister after the ...

SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar came a cropper in an interview on transgender prisoners after pledging to ban them from female jails "within days" if he becomes first minister.

Female prisoners are being treated as "pawns" by an "Orwellian" government policy which allows transgender inmates to be ...

The Scottish Government will defend its transgender prisoners' policy in court over three days in a long-running For Women Scotland row.

A legal challenge against the Scottish Government’s policy on transgender prisoners will commence on Tuesday. The judicial ...