The number was disclosed during a three-day hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh last week, where Scottish National Party (SNP) ministers defended guidance permitting transgender women to be housed in female prisons following individual risk assessments. Fourteen male-bodied transgender prisoners, including individuals convicted of murder and sexual offences, have been housed in Scotland’s women’s prison estate, triggering renewed controversy and intensifying pressure on the Scottish Government over its transgender inmate policy. The figure emerged during a three-day Court of Session hearing in Edinburgh last week, where Scottish National Party (SNP) ministers defended guidance allowing biological males who identify as women to be placed in female prisons following risk assessments. Details were highlighted in a report by The Scottish Sun, prompting campaigners and opposition politicians to call for the policy to be abandoned, warning that it endangers vulnerable female prisoners. Independent MSP Ash Regan condemned the practice, stating that “male violence does not disappear because an offender changes gender identity.” “No man should be housed in the female estate,” Regan said. “Male-pattern offending does not suddenly evaporate because a man says he is a… Report Says 14 Transgender Prisoners Are Being Held in Scotland’s Women’s Prisons