The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011

Provision of beddingS

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30.—(1) The Governor must—

(a)provide every prisoner with a separate bed or sleeping plinth;

(b)provide sufficient bedding as necessary for the prisoner's warmth and health; and

(c)make provision for the bedding to be changed or cleaned as frequently as required to ensure good hygiene.

(2) A prisoner may request to have only a mattress instead of a bed and the Governor may agree to this.

(3) A prisoner may only have bedding which the Governor has provided under this rule or which the Governor has consented to the prisoner having.