Jo Coburn is trying very hard to suggest the decision as to where Isla Bryson serves her sentence is a political one. But it is solely an operational decision of the Scottish prison service. MSPs are not party to it, nor does it have anything to do with the GRR. #PoliticsLive
The Scottish First Minister has told the Scottish Parliament that Bryson will not serve her sentence at the Cornton Vale women's prison. That's all we know right now. Anything more is fruitless speculation.
The prison service decides based on their own risk assessment where a trans prisoner should serve their sentence. Their decision does not depend on whether that prisoner has a GRC. thenational.scot/news/23275201.… 
It's frankly despicable of Westminster politicians and, I have to say, a BBC journo to attempt to use this case to whip up a political storm about the GRR in order to undermine both the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish prison service.
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