Cole
2024-03-02 21:13:07 UTC
A notorious transgender prisoner was found dead in their cell a year after
a proposed move to a womens prison was blocked.
Tiffany Scott, also known as Andrew Burns, had a reputation as one of the
UKs most violent inmates and died on Thursday aged 32, the Scottish
Prison Service confirmed.
Police Scotland said that it had responded to reports of a 32-year-old
woman taking unwell at HMP Grampian in Peterhead on Wednesday morning,
who later died in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
The cause of death is unclear.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said Scott was taken to Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary where she died. The death is being treated as unexplained and a
report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
The death of the violent trans inmate who was being held in a male jail
comes a year after a planned move to a womens facility was blocked in the
wake of the Isla Bryson scandal.
Scott was serving an indefinite sentence under an order for lifelong
restriction, and had been described as one of the most menacing people
in the Scottish prison system.
Scott had been deemed an unmanageable risk to public safety and could
only have ever been released if it was decided this was no longer the
case.
Despite a long history of violence, a move to a womens facility was said
to have been approved last year.
However, gender self-ID rules in Scottish jails were then torn up after
Bryson, also known as Adam Graham, was initially sent to HMP Cornton Vale,
Scotlands only female jail, following a conviction for two counts of
rape.
Stalking a 13-year-old girl
Scott had been convicted of a string of offences, including stalking a 13-
year-old girl from behind bars by sending letters.
The convict had attacked a nurse in Cheshire in 2010 and committed a
series of other offences while in custody.
These included attacking a prison nurse with a chair, punching and
attempting to bite prison officers, smearing excrement in a cell and
ripping up tear-proof clothing in a suicide attempt.
During a court appearance last year, Scott had to be accompanied by seven
guards when appearing to face assault charges.
The planned move to a womens facility was reversed after a temporary ban
on biologically male inmates being sent to female jails was brought in
amid a public backlash after the Bryson case.
Revised rules have since come into force in Scotland in which it is stated
trans inmates with a history of violence against women should not be
placed in female jails unless there is compelling evidence they do not
pose an unacceptable risk of harm.
However, those seen as too dangerous to be placed in female jails
permanently can still be offered chances to mingle with female inmates
temporarily in a bid to support their gender identity.
Scott began claiming to identify as transgender in 2016. Scottish prison
bosses took the claim seriously, and respected previous demands from the
prisoner to be referred to as Mr Mighty Almighty.
Tear-proof clothing
In 2015, prison staff in riot gear had to save Scotts life after the
inmate used excrement to stop obscure staffs view into the cell, and tore
supposedly tear-proof clothing to fashion a noose, which was suspended
from a sprinkler valve.
A prison officer giving evidence in a court case said of the clothing:
Its supposed to be untearable, but Tiffany could rip it up no problem.
A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said: Tiffany Scott, 32, of HMP
Grampian has died on 29 February 2024.
With each death in custody, Police Scotland are advised and the matter
reported to the Procurator Fiscal. Fatal accident inquiries are held in
due course.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/menacing-trans-prisoner-found-dead-
in-cell-after-move-to-women-s-jail-blocked/ar-BB1jb10U
Good. Long overdue.
a proposed move to a womens prison was blocked.
Tiffany Scott, also known as Andrew Burns, had a reputation as one of the
UKs most violent inmates and died on Thursday aged 32, the Scottish
Prison Service confirmed.
Police Scotland said that it had responded to reports of a 32-year-old
woman taking unwell at HMP Grampian in Peterhead on Wednesday morning,
who later died in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
The cause of death is unclear.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said Scott was taken to Aberdeen Royal
Infirmary where she died. The death is being treated as unexplained and a
report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
The death of the violent trans inmate who was being held in a male jail
comes a year after a planned move to a womens facility was blocked in the
wake of the Isla Bryson scandal.
Scott was serving an indefinite sentence under an order for lifelong
restriction, and had been described as one of the most menacing people
in the Scottish prison system.
Scott had been deemed an unmanageable risk to public safety and could
only have ever been released if it was decided this was no longer the
case.
Despite a long history of violence, a move to a womens facility was said
to have been approved last year.
However, gender self-ID rules in Scottish jails were then torn up after
Bryson, also known as Adam Graham, was initially sent to HMP Cornton Vale,
Scotlands only female jail, following a conviction for two counts of
rape.
Stalking a 13-year-old girl
Scott had been convicted of a string of offences, including stalking a 13-
year-old girl from behind bars by sending letters.
The convict had attacked a nurse in Cheshire in 2010 and committed a
series of other offences while in custody.
These included attacking a prison nurse with a chair, punching and
attempting to bite prison officers, smearing excrement in a cell and
ripping up tear-proof clothing in a suicide attempt.
During a court appearance last year, Scott had to be accompanied by seven
guards when appearing to face assault charges.
The planned move to a womens facility was reversed after a temporary ban
on biologically male inmates being sent to female jails was brought in
amid a public backlash after the Bryson case.
Revised rules have since come into force in Scotland in which it is stated
trans inmates with a history of violence against women should not be
placed in female jails unless there is compelling evidence they do not
pose an unacceptable risk of harm.
However, those seen as too dangerous to be placed in female jails
permanently can still be offered chances to mingle with female inmates
temporarily in a bid to support their gender identity.
Scott began claiming to identify as transgender in 2016. Scottish prison
bosses took the claim seriously, and respected previous demands from the
prisoner to be referred to as Mr Mighty Almighty.
Tear-proof clothing
In 2015, prison staff in riot gear had to save Scotts life after the
inmate used excrement to stop obscure staffs view into the cell, and tore
supposedly tear-proof clothing to fashion a noose, which was suspended
from a sprinkler valve.
A prison officer giving evidence in a court case said of the clothing:
Its supposed to be untearable, but Tiffany could rip it up no problem.
A Scottish Prison Service spokesman said: Tiffany Scott, 32, of HMP
Grampian has died on 29 February 2024.
With each death in custody, Police Scotland are advised and the matter
reported to the Procurator Fiscal. Fatal accident inquiries are held in
due course.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/menacing-trans-prisoner-found-dead-
in-cell-after-move-to-women-s-jail-blocked/ar-BB1jb10U
Good. Long overdue.