PART 2

RECEPTION, RECORDS, CATEGORISATION AND ALLOCATION

Registration and records of prisoners
12
1
For any of the purposes specified in paragraph (2), the Governor may take from a prisoner and record—
a
the prisoner’s biometric data;
b
the prisoner’s description including any distinctive marks on his or her body;
c
the prisoner’s photograph;
d
details of the prisoner’s next of kin or another emergency contact; and
e
any other personal particulars of the prisoner that are relevant.
2
The purposes for which the Governor may take and record the particulars specified in paragraph (1) are—
a
the identification of a prisoner;
b
the management of a prisoner or prisoners in general;
c
the administration of the prison; and
d
the prevention, detection and prosecution of crime.
3
Any photograph or biometric data must be destroyed—
a
in the case of an untried prisoner, if the prisoner is released before trial or disposal of proceedings or is acquitted after trial and is not further remanded; or
b
in the case of a prisoner who is the subject of extradition, removal or deportation proceedings, if the prisoner successfully defends those proceedings and is released from custody.
4
Any biometric data taken from a prisoner, other than a prisoner mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) or (b), must be destroyed no later than 24 months after the prisoner is released from prison.
5
The Scottish Ministers may specify in a direction the conditions under which information recorded in terms of this rule must be recorded, stored, updated, disclosed and destroyed.
Rule 12 substituted (19.3.2012) by The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/26), rules 1, 2(4)