Euan McColm - On Restoring Sanity To Scottish Prisons

Now if I understand this correctly, a male murderer was sent to a women's prison where he was allowed to, indeed encouraged to, have a 'relationship' with a female prisoner who was jailed for murdering her own two-year-old son.

Alexandria Stewart claimed to be the victim of a campaign of abuse conducted by Sutherley, but the charges were found not proven by a sheriff

Alan 'Alexandria' Baker - accuser

Another woman prisoner (jailed for culpable homicide) did not take kindly to having a man in the female prison estate and said so - by calling the male murderer a 'man'.

Jane Sutherley was accused of transphobic harassment of a fellow inmate at HMP Greenock

Jane Sutherley - accused of bigotry

The male murderer and his female murderer girlfriend then complained that calling the male murderer a man amounted to 'bigotry' and 'transphobia' - the Scottish Prisons Service (SPS) agreed and decided to take the matter to court.

A judge at Greenock Sheriff Court had the good sense to throw this case out on its ear, but why did this nonsense get to court in the first place, why did this nonsense have the support of the SPS - and why does self-ID continue to have the support of John Swinney and SNP ministers?  

Euan McColm's column accuses the Scottish justice system of prioritising the feelings of men over the rights of women - Euan could not be more right of course.  





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