PART 15

TEMPORARY RELEASE

Direction with respect to temporary release
138
1
For the purposes of temporary release, the Scottish Ministers may specify in a direction—
a
the forms of temporary release available to prisoners accommodated in particular prisons, halls or parts of prisons;
b
the manner in which the Governor must consider an application for any form of temporary release;
c
the manner in which the Governor must assess the risk that the prisoner may abscond or pose a danger to the public;
d
the relevant criteria about which the Governor must be satisfied before granting any form of temporary release;
e
the conditions or types of conditions which may be imposed by the Governor on any grant of temporary release;
f
the timing and duration of any form of temporary release and the frequency with which it may be granted to an eligible prisoner; and
g
the persons who are to be treated as a near relative of the prisoner.
2
Directions under this rule may make different provision for different forms of temporary release.
Rule 138(1)(e) substituted (19.3.2012) by The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/26), rules 1, 2(15)