The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011

Requests to speak to certain persons S

120.—(1) A prisoner may make a request to an officer to speak to—

(a) a member of staff of the Scottish Administration;

[F1 (b) an independent prison monitor;]

(c) a sheriff or a justice of the peace visiting the prison in terms of section 15 of the Act.

(2) Where a prisoner makes a request under paragraph (1), the officer must, without delay—

(a) record the request in writing; and

(b) arrange for the request to be brought to the attention of the person with whom the prisoner wishes to speak.

[F2 (3) A prisoner may write to an independent prison monitor and for that purpose the Governor must ensure that—

(a) the prisoner is supplied with paper; and

(b) the letter is posted, or otherwise delivered, to an independent prison monitor without delay.]

(4) A prisoner who requests to speak to a member of staff of the Scottish Administration under paragraph (1)(a) in order to make a complaint, must first exhaust all remedies available to the prisoner through the complaints procedure detailed in this Part.

Textual Amendments

F1 Rule 120(1)(b) substituted (31.8.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/39), arts. 1, 4(3)(a) (with art. 5)

F2 Rule 120(3) substituted (31.8.2015) by The Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/39), arts. 1, 4(3)(b) (with art. 5)