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Article 54 Prisoners' correspondence

Scotland

(1)

Subject to rules F155 to 57 and 60, a prisoner may send and receive letters and packages by means of the postal service, or otherwise.

(2)

Nothing in these Rules gives a prisoner any right to send or receive electronic communications.

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Textual amendments

F1

Words in rule 54(1) substituted (24.3.2016) by The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2016 (S.S.I. 2016/131), rules 1, 2(8)