Isla Bryson case

Isla Annie Bryson from Clydebank, Scotland is a transgender woman who, prior to transitioning, raped two women in 2016 and 2019, being convicted of those offences in 2023. Bryson was charged, and first appeared in court in 2019, under the name Adam Graham. Shortly thereafter, in 2020, Bryson came out as trans and took the name Isla Bryson.

As a trans woman, Bryson was remanded to a women's prison while awaiting trial, and was segregated from other prisoners pending risk assessment. Following a public backlash, Bryson was transferred to a male prison. The case was used to criticize the Scottish Parliament's passage of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill despite it having been blocked by the UK Government (using section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998).

During the controversy, the Scottish Prison Service announced an "urgent review" into the location of transgender inmates, and announced that trans people would be initially imprisoned according to their sex rather than gender identity until assessment could determine which was ultimately more appropriate for the individual.