So if people think your policy is bad and dangerous, what you do is you hide the stats. That’ll fix it.

Prison leaders in Scotland have been accused of secrecy after ruling they will no longer confirm the number of male-bodied transgender inmates serving sentences in women’s jails.

The decision comes after the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) unveiled its new policy on the management of trans women — men now identifying as women — who have been moved to the female estate.

The SPS confirmed that trans criminals with a history of violence against women may still be allowed to serve their sentences in female jails if they are deemed to not present an “unacceptable risk”.

By “unacceptable” they appear to mean unacceptable to them, not unacceptable to the women in those female jails. “As long as men in female jails don’t give us any headaches, there’s no reason to get them out of there.”

The move has sparked allegations of secrecy and of an attempt to avoid scrutiny over the controversial issue of how and where transgender prisoners are housed, following the outcry over double rapist Isla Bryson, formerly known as Adam Graham.

Bryson was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison and was initially taken to Cornton Vale women’s jail before a backlash forced the Scottish government to issue new guidance around the placing of violent trans prisoners.

And the Scottish government doesn’t want that happening again, so it will no longer house rapists with women publish the numbers.

Russell Findlay MSP, the Scottish Conservative shadow justice secretary, said: “The new policy on transgender prisoners effectively permits male sex offenders access to women’s prisons. But for it to also allow for the suppression of this crucial information is secretive and unacceptable.

“In line with the SNP’s dangerous gender self-ID law, the rights of male-bodied sex criminals who say they are female are deemed more important than vulnerable women in custody.”

Not even the rights of male-bodied sex criminals – the demands of male-bodied sex criminals.