Plans to change Scotland’s gender identity law must be prison-proof

From time to time, a case related to transgender identity and prisons will come to public attention – usually via a tabloid newspaper report quoting “prison sources” – that prompts outrage … and not everyone with concerns about transgender rights in prison is a frothing right-winger.

For many leaving care, independence comes at a high price

For most of us, flying the nest means being able to return at an time. For those leaving care, there’s often no looking back.

If short jail terms don’t work, why make an exception for domestic abusers?

Is the progressive presumption against short prison sentences compatible with the Scottish Government’s progressive policy on domestic abuse?

Scotland in Union’s cabal of letter writers isn’t our real problem … women’s voices are missing

Letters editors can only publish letters they receive, and women don’t write in anything like the same numbers as men.