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The death of a transgender prisoner could have been avoided, a sheriff has ruled. ‌

Sarah Jane Riley, 29, took her own life in her cell at the Separation and Reintegration Unit (SRU) at HMP Perth on January 11, 2019. ‌

Riley, who had a Order for Lifelong Restriction, was the only person identifying as female among more than 660 men in the jail and had been held for more than nine weeks in the segregation unit because moves to relocate her to an all-female establishment were "dragging on. ‌

She took her own life shortly after being handed a letter saying her bid to be released to a female prison had been refused.

A Fatal Accident Inquiry at Falkirk Sheriff Court has ruled that a defect which could have been avoided led to her death.

Sheriff Pino Di Emidio made eig

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