behind bars because she changed gender. Sophie Eastwood, 36, is serving a life sentence for killing Paul Algie, 22, in 2004.
Formerly Daniel Eastwood, she has been living as a woman in jail for four years and completed her 15-year minimum term in 2019.But she has remained in secure conditions and is not due for release.Speaking from Polmont Prison, Eastwood claims she would have been freed by now if she had remained as a man.And she told how she recently overdosed in a bid to secure a transfer to hospital.She said: “I was desperate.
It wasn’t a suicide attempt, I just felt I needed to be in hospital.”Speaking about her fears, Eastwood said: “In January 2020, I met all the standard criteria to pass to less secure conditions, except being.