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  "legislation": "ssi/2011/331",
  "legislation_title": "The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011",
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  "path": "article/53",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Current affairs",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), every prisoner may keep informed of current affairs by means of—\n(a) books, newspapers, periodicals or a radio; and\n(b) any other medium the Governor may allow.\n(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 in order to—\n(a) protect the prisoner from self-injury; or\n(b) prevent the prisoner from injuring others.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/53",
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  },
  "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."
}