In 2015, an officer at the prison described Burns as a ‘menace’. ‘In his time at Glenochil he’s raised hundreds of complaints which have to be answered by a manager, and when he’s not satisfied with the response, he sends the complaint to the Governor’, the officer told the Daily Record.
In April 2016 Burns, then aged 25, reportedly changed his name to Tiffany Scott and demanded only female officers in HMP Glenochil search him, although he was reported to not to be undergoing any treatment to transition to live as a trans woman nor have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria. Three female prison officers defied orders to give Burns intimate body checks and brought in their trade union to support them. See also guards at HMYOI Polmont housing Aaron Herschell.
In August 2016, along with another violent trans-identified male prisoner Gavin Boyd (a sex offender serving life for murder), Burns/Scott led 100 fellow inmates in falsely declaring they were Jewish to receive kosher food.
Burns/Scott was also convicted of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and a vandalism charge, having ripped the seat of a cell van when being transported to a court in January 2020. The trial had to be moved to a larger courtroom to accommodate extra measures put in place to manage Burns/Scott’s level of threat and violence. This included members of the public and legal officials being positioned a significant distance away from the dock.
Scott has attacked inmates, guards and female nurses during stints in different prisons, including an instance where he cut his veins with his teeth and squirted blood at jail officers, according to the Record.
Burns/Scott was convicted at Glasgow Sheriff Court in October 2023 of four assaults, all on male prison officers working at HMP Low Moss – two on separate occasions in the prison and the other two while being treated in Glasgow Royal Infirmary after swallowing a pen.
From: https://transcrimeuk.com/2017/10/31/andrew-burns-tiffany-scott/
A prisoner that dangerous isn't going to be out of their cell much, and for the cell door to be unlocked, a large number of staff are going to need to be present and ready to try and prevent it ending in someone being attacked and hurt. Sadly there are a number of men this criminally insane in the system, who are this dangerous to themselves and others, and it's a daily battle to try and keep them and anyone else from being harmed. This is normally awful stuff for the extreme end of the male prison estate, it's why so many prison officers end up with burn out and retirement for injuries, stress and depression.