# The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011, Article 30: Provision of bedding


(1) The Governor must—
(a) provide every prisoner with a separate bed or sleeping plinth;
(b) provide sufficient bedding as necessary for the prisoner's warmth and health; and
(c) make provision for the bedding to be changed or cleaned as frequently as required to ensure good hygiene.
(2) A prisoner may request to have only a mattress instead of a bed and the Governor may agree to this.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-30
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