PART 2RECEPTION, RECORDS, CATEGORISATION AND ALLOCATION

Allocation of prisoners15

1

The Scottish Ministers may set aside particular prisons or parts of prisons for particular categories of prisoners or particular purposes.

2

Subject to paragraph (1), the Governor may allocate within a prison a particular part of the prison in which a prisoner, or any particular category of prisoners, may be confined having regard to—

a

the categorisation of a prisoner;

b

the supervision level of a prisoner; and

c

any other matter affecting the management of a prisoner.

3

A prisoner may request reasons from the Governor as to why the prisoner has been allocated to a particular prison or part of the prison and the Governor must provide those reasons as soon as it is practicable to do so.