The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994

Short home leave, Christmas and summer leave and pre-Training for Freedom leave

120.—(1) In this rule–

(a) “short home leave” means temporary release from a prison of a prisoner for the purpose of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period not exceeding 48 hours, excluding travelling time;

(b) “Christmas and summer leave” means temporary release from a prison of a prisoner for the purpose of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period of up to 5 days, excluding travelling time, at Christmas or during the summer; and

(c) “pre-Training for Freedom leave” means temporary release from a prison of a prisoner who has been approved for transfer to a training for freedom hostel, for the purpose of enabling him to visit his home or other approved place for a period not exceeding 5 days, excluding travelling time, prior to transfer to such a hostel.

(2) On the application of an eligible prisoner and subject to rule 126, the Governor may grant the prisoner short home leave, Christmas and summer leave or pre-Training for Freedom leave if he is of the opinion that, having regard to the relevant criteria applicable to the granting of such leave, it is appropriate to do so.

(3) For the purposes of this rule, a prisoner is an eligible prisoner only if at the time of his application he

(a) is confined at a prison or in a particular hall of a prison to which this rule applies;

(b) is a life prisoner or is serving a sentence for a term of more than 1 year;

(c) is assigned security category D and has been assigned that category for at least 6 weeks prior to his application; and

(d) is not disqualified from consideration for any reason specified in rule 124.