A former prisoner has told how she went through hell after being forced to share a shower block with violent trans inmates.
Amanda Benson, 41, revealed she was so terrified of being raped and ending up pregnant that she felt compelled to have a contraceptive coil fitted while behind bars.
The mum of four, locked up with two trans prisoners, one convicted of murder, the other for domestic violence, accused Nicola Sturgeon of “serving up women to predators on a rainbow platter” in Scotland’s jails.
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She said: “My whole time in prison on constant high alert, my nerves were frazzled with fear.
“These incredibly violent men were walking around the communal shower area naked and sometimes clearly aroused. Myself and other women were in cubicles with only a curtain to protect us.
Read more: Daily Record
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