# The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 1994, Schedule 3: BREACHES OF DISCIPLINE


A prisoner shall be guilty of a breach of discipline if he–
(a) commits any assault;
(b) detains any person against his will;
(c) denies access to any part of the prison to any officer;
(d) fights with any person;
(e) intentionally endangers the health or personal safety of others or, by his conduct, is reckless whereby such health or personal safety is endangered;
(f) intentionally obstructs an officer in the execution of his duty;
(g) escapes or absconds from prison or from legal custody;
(h) fails–
(i) to return to prison when he should return after being temporarily released under Part 14 of these Rules; or
(ii) to comply with any condition upon which he is so temporarily released;
(i) has in his possession–
(i) any article which he is not authorised to have; or
(ii) a greater quantity of any article than he is authorised to have; or
(iii) any article in a part of the prison where he is not authorised to have it;
(j) sells or delivers to any person any article which he is not authorised to have;
(k) sells or, without permission, delivers to any person any article which he is allowed to have only for his own use;
(l) takes improperly any article belonging to another person or to the prison;
(m) intentionally or recklessly sets fire to any part of a prison or any other property, whether or not that property belongs to him;
(n) destroys or damages any part of a prison or any other property, other than his own;
(o) absents himself from any place where he is required to be or is present at any place where he is not authorised to be;
(p) is disrespectful to any officer or any person visiting a prison;
(q) uses threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour;
(r) intentionally fails to work properly or, being required to work, refuses to do so;
(s) disobeys any lawful order;
(t) disobeys or fails to comply with any rule or regulation applying to a prisoner;
(u) inhales any substance, or the fumes of any substance, which is a prohibited article or consumes, takes, injects or ingests any substance which is a prohibited article;
(v) commits any indecent or obscene act; or
(w) attempts to commit, incites another prisoner to commit, or assists another prisoner to commit or to attempt to commit, any of the foregoing breaches.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1931/schedule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-1994/schedule-3
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