The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011

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 which may be imposed in relation to any approval of an application for 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.