PART 10

SECURITY

CONFINEMENT AND CUSTODY OF PRISONERS

Custody outside prison
99
1
Where a prisoner is taken in legal custody to any place outside a prison, the prisoner—
a
must be kept in the custody and under the control of an officer or constable;
b
must not be exposed to public view so far as it is reasonably practicable; and
c
must be protected so far as reasonably practicable from insult, curiosity and publicity in any form.
2
A prisoner must wear his or her own clothing or ordinary civilian clothing provided by the Governor when required to attend court and may wear such clothing at other times outside the prison unless otherwise ordered by the Governor.
3
For the purposes of special escorted leave, paragraph (1)(b) does not apply in the circumstances specified by the Scottish Ministers in a direction made under rule 100(5).
Rule 99(3) inserted (4.7.2022) by The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/194), rules 1, 2(4)