Evening Standard, on UK Politics, 12 November 2026
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Read the original article on standard.co.uk (opens in a new tab)The Evening Standard reports the Scottish Prison Service telling Holyrood's Equalities Committee that it moved a small number of transgender prisoners in June 2026 and that there are now zero biological males in the women's estate, and the committee's wider look at the EHRC code on single-sex spaces. The headline and opening line attribute the 'zero biological males' wording to the SPS, which matches the deputy chief executive's quoted words. The article also gives space to a Green MSP's safeguarding concerns for the trans women moved and to service heads on dignity.
“Mr Jobson confirmed that transgender women were now held within male prison estates.”
In its own voice the Standard calls the people moved transgender women. It does not adopt the official 'biological males' wording beyond attributing it to the SPS.
“I do have concerns that there are going to be real risks posed to these women.”
The Standard quotes directly the safeguarding risk to the trans women who were moved, so the people affected by the transfers are not left out of the story.
“have been challenged by people within those bathrooms for using those spaces when they have the right to do so”
The Standard reports the lived effect of the code on people challenged in public toilets, through a named MSP's account of her constituents.
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