A second Scottish Green MSP has caused outrage by backing the abolition of prisons.
Cara McKee said criminals should not be ‘locked up in stressful spaces’ but get ‘support’ instead.
The Scottish Tories said it was more ‘fantasy politics’ from the far-Left party.
Ms McKee made her comments in support of colleague Kate Nevens, who last month demanded the ‘complete abolition of the prison system in Scotland’.
She went on to be elected as a list MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East.
Defending herself online, Ms Nevens said prisons ‘should only be used as a last resort’ while ‘we work towards the goal of ending the current prison system’.
Rowing in behind her, West Scotland list MSP Ms McKee, said: ‘Quite right Kate, we need to ensure people are getting the support and rehabilitation that we all need them to get. Not locked up in stressful spaces, with little hope of things improving.’
Scottish Conservative justice spokesman Liam Kerr branded the comments ‘dangerous fantasy politics’.
Carfa McKee (right) with Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay, backs the abolition of jails
He said: ‘Victims across Scotland will be appalled that the Greens want to scrap prisons, while the SNP are already letting offenders out after serving as little as 30 per cent of their sentence.
‘With the SNP still refusing to rule out a deal with the Greens, Scots will rightly fear even more soft-touch justice policies being forced through at the expense of public safety.’
Norwich-born Ms Nevens became notorious after advocating the scrapping of jails at an election hustings.
After Green HQ tried to downplay the remarks, the newly elected MSP, who now earns £77,710 a year, issued a video insisting she was an ‘abolitionist’ and posed with a sign saying ‘no prisons, no borders, no cages’.
Scottish Labour justice spokesman Pauline McNeill said: ‘These remarks are ludicrous. There will always be a need to jail those who commit heinous crimes, with the full weight of the law.
‘The Scottish Greens are not a remotely serious party. John Swinney should think very carefully about siding up to them in this parliament to prop up the SNP.’
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Liam McArthur added: ‘The fact is that there are some people who are just too dangerous to be walking the streets.
'While much more needs to be done to reduce the overall size of the prison population simply getting rid of prisons is not a credible solution.’
The abolition of prisons is just one of many controversies engulfing the 15 Scottish Green MSPs.
Q Manivannan, a self-styled ‘queer Tamil migrant’, became an Edinburgh list MSP while living in the UK on a student visa which is due to expire later this year.
They have applied for a permanent global talent visa, but may not be successful.
And South Scotland MSP Laura Moodie called for the building of politically motivated railways to prepare Scotland for independence.
She said a new cross-country line connecting Fife and the Lothians to Dumfries and Galloway should follow ‘a very specific route…. without going into England’.
An SNP spokesman said: ‘Prisons will always have an important role to play in our justice system and any idea that prisons shouldn’t exist is just plain daft. It is not credible.
‘John Swinney is firmly focussed on the priorities of the people of Scotland and that includes ensuring a justice system that keeps our communities safe.’
The Scottish Greens were asked for comment.