{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/article-85.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/85",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Temporary confinement",
  "text": "(1) The Governor may order the temporary confinement in a special cell of any prisoner who is refractory or acting in a violent manner.\n(2) No prisoner shall be confined in a special cell pursuant to paragraph (1)–\n(a) as a punishment; or\n(b) for any longer than necessary and, in any event, no longer than a continuous period of 24 hours.\n(3) Where the Governor makes an order under paragraph (1), he shall–\n(a) give notice of the order to the medical officer as soon as possible; and\n(b) record the particulars of the case.\n(4) A prisoner who is temporarily confined pursuant to an order under paragraph (1) shall be visited–\n(a) by the medical officer where a prisoner has been so confined for a continuous period in excess of 15 hours; and\n(b) by an officer at least once in every 15 minutes during the period of the prisoner’s temporary confinement.",
  "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/85",
    "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."
}