The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2006 No. 94 xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
Introductory Text
PART 1 GENERAL
1.Citation and commencement
2.Application of Rules
3.Application of Rules to contracted out prisons
4.Suspension of certificate of a prisoner custody officer
5.Interpretation
6.Elimination of discrimination
7.Availability of Rules and directions
PART 2 RECEPTION, RECORDS, CLASSIFICATION AND ALLOCATION
8.Production of warrant, order, direction or certificate
9.Procedure on reception of prisoners
10.Interview and medical examination of prisoners on reception
11.Information to be given to prisoners on reception
12.Registration and records of prisoners
13.Classification of prisoners
14.Allocation of prisoners
15.Separation of different categories of prisoners
PART 3 SUPERVISION LEVELS
16.Supervision levels
17.Assignment of supervision levels
18.Information regarding assignment of a supervision level
19.Right to make representations prior to certain reviews of supervision level
20.Imposition of special security measures
21.Reviews of imposition of special security measures
PART 4 PHYSICAL AND PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT
22.Accommodation of prisoners in cells and rooms
23.Standard of accommodation
24.Provision of bedding
25.Entitlement of an untried prisoner to wear his or her own clothing
26.Circumstances in which a prisoner other than an untried prisoner may wear his or her own clothing
27.Provision of clothing to prisoners
28.Changes of clothing
29.Prisoners' food
30.Personal hygiene
PART 5 HEALTH AND WELFARE
31.Smoking
32.Provision of medical and other services and facilities
33.General duty of medical officers to attend prisoners
34.Notification to a medical officer of prisoners requiring attention
35.Arrangements for care by other medical practitioners or other persons providing professional services or at outside facilities
36.Duty of medical officer to visit prisoners subject to cellular confinement
37.Duty of medical officer to notify certain matters
38.Notification of relatives and friends of prisoners suffering serious illness, etc
39.Transfer to hospital for treatment for mental disorder
40.Records of medical treatment
41.Prisoners' welfare
42.Visits to untried and civil prisoners by medical and dental practitioners
PART 6 RELIGION
43.Facilities for religious practice
44.Duties of members of the chaplaincy team
45.Visiting ministers
46.Religious services and visits
47.Religious books, items and practices
PART 7 PRIVILEGES AND PRISONERS' PROPERTY
48.Possession of tobacco by untried and civil prisoners
49.Privileges
50.Reception of personal property of prisoners
51.Storage or disposal of personal property of prisoners
52.Personal property of prisoners in rooms or cells
53.Prisoners' money
54.Supplies of books, newspapers, etc to prisoners
PART 8 COMMUNICATIONS
55.Current affairs
56.Prisoners' correspondence
57.Opening and reading of correspondence from and to courts
58.Opening and reading of correspondence from and to legal advisers
59.Opening and reading of other correspondence
60.Restrictions on prisoners' correspondence
61.Provision of writing materials and payment of postage
62.Communication by telephone
63.Visits by persons of a prisoner’s choice
64.Visits to untried and civil prisoners by persons of a prisoner’s choice
65.Entitlement to accumulated visits
66.Visits by legal advisers
67.Visits by procurators fiscal
68.Visits by police constables
69.Visits by representatives of diplomatic services and national or international authorities or organisations
70.Special visits to certain prisoners in connection with further proceedings
71.Visits by Members of Parliament, members of the Scottish Parliament and representatives of the European Parliament
72.Visits by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration or Officers on the Commissioner’s behalf
73.Visits by journalists, authors or media representatives
74.Visits by members of the Parole Board for Scotland
75.Visits by members or employees of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission
76.Visits by persons in connection with disciplinary proceedings
77.Restrictions and conditions applicable to visits under Part 8
78.Closed visiting facilities
79.Arrangements for securing release of prisoners committed to prison in default of payments
PART 9 WORK, EDUCATION, EARNINGS AND RECREATION
80.Application of Part 9
81.Arrangements for work, education and counselling
82.Prisoners' work
83.Conditions of work or activities in lieu of work
84.Work opportunities
85.Work undertaken by untried and civil prisoners
86.Education
87.Counselling
88.Earnings
89.Exercise and time in the open air
90.Recreation
91.Prohibition on prisoners' carrying on any trade, profession or vocation from prison
PART 10 SECURITY AND CONTROL
92.Supervision of the prison and control of prisoners
93.Control of prisoners
94.Removal from association
95.Prohibited articles
96.Unauthorised property
97.Orders as to the use of restraints
98.Conditions of use of restraints
99.Temporary confinement in a special cell
100.Temporary confinement to cell
101.Admission of visitors
102.Searching of visitors
103.Removal of visitors
104.Searching of persons providing contracted out services
105.Viewing of prisons
106.Searching of prisoners
107.Compulsory testing for controlled drugs
108.Compulsory testing for alcoholic liquor
109.Searching of prisoners' property and cells
110.Custody outside prison
111.Special escorted leave
112.Escorted day absence
PART 11 DISCIPLINE
113.Conduct constituting a breach of discipline
114.Reports of breaches of discipline and removal from association
115.Disciplinary charges
116.Inquiry into disciplinary charges
117.Adjudication of charges
118.Breaches of discipline occurring before reception into prison
119.Governor’s punishments
120.Suspended punishments
PART 12 REQUESTS AND COMPLAINTS
121.Requests to speak to an officer of the Scottish Ministers, a member of the visiting committee, a sheriff or a justice of the peace
122.Requests and complaints to the visiting committee
123.Complaints to the residential officer
124.Complaints to the residential unit manager
125.Referral of complaints to the internal complaints committee
126.Referral of complaints to the Governor
127.Complaints to the Governor in relation to confidential matters
128.Complaints concerning medical treatment
129.Requests, complaints and representations to the Scottish Ministers in relation to certain matters
130.Appeals in relation to disciplinary proceedings
131.Power of Scottish Ministers to quash findings of guilt and to remit or mitigate punishments
132.Direction with respect to complaints procedures
PART 13 FEMALE PRISONERS
133.Separation of male and female prisoners
134.Pregnancy and confinement
135.Accommodation of female prisoners' babies
PART 14 TRANSFER AND DISCHARGE OF PRISONERS
136.Pre-release preparation
137.Medical assessment prior to transfer or release
138.Provision of clothing and return of property on release of prisoner
139.Part payment of fines by fine defaulters
PART 15 TEMPORARY RELEASE
140.Short leave and winter and summer leave
141.Pre-release leave
142.Unescorted day release of prisoners assigned low supervision level
143.Unescorted day release of prisoners assigned low supervision level for compassionate reasons
144.Temporary release for work etc.
145.Unavailability of temporary release
146.Recall of prisoners granted temporary release
147.Direction with respect to temporary release
PART 16 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
148.General duty of officers and employees
149.Transactions with prisoners or in connection with the prison
150.Fees and gratuities
151.Searches of officers and employees
152.Communications to the press etc.
153.Code of conduct
PART 17 VISITING COMMITTEES
154.Application of Part 17
155.Constitution of visiting committees
156.Minimum number of women members of visiting committees for young offenders institutions
157.Proceedings of visiting committees
158.General duties of visiting committees and members of committees
159.Investigation of complaints
160.Visits to prisons by members of visiting committees
161.Inspection of prison records
162.Annual report
163.Conflicts of interest
164.Visiting committees for legalised police cells
PART 18 SUPPLEMENTARY
165.Directions
166.Revocations
167.Savings and transitional provisions
Signature
SCHEDULE 1
BREACHES OF DISCIPLINE
SCHEDULE 2
CONSTITUTION OF VISITING COMMITTEES
SCHEDULE 3
CONSTITUTION OF VISITING COMMITTEES FOR LEGALISED POLICE CELLS
SCHEDULE 4
REVOCATIONS
SCHEDULE 5
SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
1.Savings and transitional provisions for the 1994 Rules
Explanatory Note