Stalling tactics over men placed in women's jails

ANGELA CONSTANCE was accused of “misleading” MSPs over her refusal to answer questions about why the Scottish Government is going to court to defend the policy of housing men in female prisons.

- DAVID WALKER Scottish Politics Reporter

The SNP Justice Secretary relied on a legal loophole which was described as a “fake argument.”

The Scottish Prison Service is refusing to implement the Supreme Court ruling on the terms of the Equality Act, which protects single sex spaces. The SPS is being taken to court by campaigners For Women Scotland.