The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011

Storage of prisoners’ personal property in cells or rooms

47.—(1) Every prisoner is entitled to keep in their cell or room such items of the prisoner’s personal property as may be specified in a direction by the Scottish Ministers.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), the Governor may refuse to allow a prisoner to have in their possession or to keep in their cell or room any items which the Governor considers to be—

(a) prejudicial to the security or good order of the prison;

(b) prejudicial to the health and safety of any person within the prison; or

(c) incompatible with the size or furnishings of the prisoner’s cell or room.

(3) Where the Governor refuses to allow a prisoner to store any item of the prisoner’s personal property in their cell or room under paragraph (2)—

(a) the Governor must notify the prisoner; and

(b) the property must either—

(i) be stored in the prison storage facilities in accordance with rule 48; or

(ii) where the Governor is entitled, under rule 48(2), to refuse to store the property in the prison storage facilities, be disposed of by the Governor or the prisoner in accordance with rule 49.

(4) The Governor may, where practicable, provide secure lockers within a prisoner’s cell or room to enable the prisoner to store medication and personal property.