Isla Bryson case

Isla Annie Bryson is a transgender woman from Clydebank, Scotland, who, prior to transitioning in 2020, raped two women, one in 2016 and another in 2019, and was convicted of those offences in 2023. Bryson was charged, and first appeared in court in 2019. Bryson was remanded to a women's prison while awaiting trial, and segregated from other prisoners pending risk assessment. Following public backlash, she was transferred to a men's prison. The case was used to criticise the Scottish Parliament's passage of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, despite it having been blocked by the British government (using Section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998). During the controversy, the Scottish Prison Service announced an "urgent review" into the location of transgender inmates, and announced that trans people would be initially imprisoned according to their assigned sex rather than gender identity, until assessment could determine which was ultimately more appropriate for the individual.