Lady Martha Bruce obituary

Governor of Scotland’s only all-female prison whose military career shaped her pioneering approach to women in custodyLady Martha Bruce, who has died aged 101, was the pioneering governor of the first purpose-built prison for women in Scotland. Her innovative ideas still shape the Scottish Prison Service’s approach to supporting women in custody today and were informed by a career that began in the military during the second world war.In 1975, Martha was appointed the first governor