{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1931",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994",
  "path": "article/22",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Personal hygiene",
  "text": "(1) The Governor shall–\n(a) afford every prisoner the opportunity to keep himself clean; and\n(b) provide every prisoner with such toiletries, including–\n(i) shaving materials if required; and\n(ii) in the case of female prisoners, sanitary protection,\nas are necessary for the prisoner’s health and cleanliness.\n(2) The Governor shall ensure that every prisoner has access at all reasonable times to such facilities for washing and bathing or showering as are necessary for his health and cleanliness and which enable him to bathe or shower at least twice a week.\n(3) A prisoner shall neither be prevented from growing nor be required to remove a moustache or beard, or both, nor shall his hair be cut without his consent, unless the medical officer considers it necessary to do so on medical grounds.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/article/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:28:57.887435+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}