The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994

Restrictions on prisoners' correspondence

52.—(1) A prisoner’s entitlement under rule 48 to send and receive letters and packages, other than letters and packages to which rule 49 or 50 applies, shall be subject to such restrictions as are mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2) The restrictions mentioned in this paragraph are such restrictions as may be specified in a direction by the Secretary of State for any of the following purposes:–

(a) to prescribe in relation to the reading by an officer in terms of rule 51(2) of the contents of any letter or package–

(i) the circumstances when this may occur, and

(ii) the officers who may be authorised to do so;

(b) to prescribe any restrictions as to the number of letters and packages which a prisoner may send;

(c) to prescribe the persons, authorities and organisations to whom a prisoner is prohibited from sending any letters and packages;

(d) to prescribe particular restrictions and conditions which shall apply where a prisoner wishes to send letters and packages to prescribed persons, authorities and organisations whom the prisoner is not otherwise prohibited from corresponding with; and

(e) to prescribe the nature and description of letters, written material and items of property in general which a prisoner may not send or receive.