When in doubt, put trans women first. No actually skip the “when in doubt” part – just put trans women first, no matter what.

Trans women who have hurt or threatened women or girls will not be held in female prisons unless there are “exceptional” circumstances, new guidance states.

Men shouldn’t be held in women’s prisons at all, ever. Women aren’t bits of armor for men to put on when things get violent.

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) policy follows a public outcry after a rapist was sent to a women’s prison.

Really? A public outcry? Gosh, people are so touchy.

Under previous guidance drawn up in 2014, the prison service allowed all prisoners to be placed in facilities matching their gender identity, rather than their sex at birth, providing accommodation that “best suits the person in custody’s needs”.

And men who pretend to be women need to be in women’s prisons? That’s an actual need is it? While women’s need for physical safety is not a real need? Or if it is a real need it’s not as important as the pretending men’s need to terrorize women?

In short how did anyone ever manage to think this was a good idea?

Under the new SPS policy – which will come into force in February 2024 – a trans woman would not be allowed to move into the female estate if they had been convicted of, or were on remand awaiting trial for, a crime that harmed a female – unless there was “compelling evidence that they did not present an unacceptable risk of harm to those in the women’s prison”.

Oh fuck off. Quit carving out exceptions that put the man’s wants ahead of the women’s needs.

Scottish Trans, a project run by government-funded charity Equality Network, welcomed the new policy, saying it continued to recognise prisoners should not be considered to be a risk of harm to others “simply because they are trans”.

There’s that cheat again. The issue isn’t “they are trans”; the issue is they are male. Scottish Trans of course knows this perfectly well, and hides it deliberately with malice aforethought.