The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011

Requests to speak to certain personsS

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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.

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