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Article 55 Current affairs

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), every prisoner may keep informed of current affairs by means of–

(a)

books, newspapers, periodicals or a radio; and

(b)

any other medium the Governor may allow.

(2)

The Governor may restrict, or impose conditions as to, the exercise of the entitlement referred to in paragraph (1) where the Governor considers it is necessary to do so–

(a)

to protect the prisoner from self-injury; or

(b)

to prevent the prisoner from injuring others.