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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-30",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011",
  "path": "article/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Provision of bedding",
  "text": "(1) The Governor must—\n(a) provide every prisoner with a separate bed or sleeping plinth;\n(b) provide sufficient bedding as necessary for the prisoner's warmth and health; and\n(c) make provision for the bedding to be changed or cleaned as frequently as required to ensure good hygiene.\n(2) A prisoner may request to have only a mattress instead of a bed and the Governor may agree to this.\n(3) A prisoner may only have bedding which the Governor has provided under this rule or which the Governor has consented to the prisoner having.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:48:01.668993+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."
}