PART 7PRIVILEGES AND PRISONERS' PROPERTY
Reception of personal property of prisoners50
1
The items of property belonging to any prisoner which are received into or purchased within prison shall be managed in accordance with this rule and rules 51 and 52.
2
Subject to the other provisions of these Rules, the Governor may refuse to receive any item of property sent to the prison for a prisoner and, where appropriate, may return it to the sender.
3
All items of property belonging to a prisoner which are received into prison other than–
a
property purchased by the prisoner within the prison;
b
letters or other written communications sent to the prisoner; or
c
any of his or her property which is perishable or edible,
shall be recorded by an officer in the prisoner’s record.
4
Where a record is prepared in terms of paragraph (3), the prisoner concerned shall–
a
be given the opportunity to check its accuracy; and
b
thereafter, be required to sign it.