The Secure Training Centre Rules 1998

Outside contactsE+W

29.—(1) The governor shall encourage links between the centre and the community by taking steps to establish and maintain relations with suitable persons and agencies outside the centre.

(2) The governor shall ensure that special attention is paid to the maintenance of such relations between a trainee and his family as seem desirable in the best interests of the trainee.

(3) Where any restriction on contact of any kind between a trainee and his family is deemed necessary by the governor, it shall be imposed in consultation with the trainee, his family and the services responsible for his supervision after release.

(4) In any case where for any reason contact is not maintained between a trainee and his family, the governor shall appoint an independent person to visit and befriend the trainee.