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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-62",
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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/62",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "62",
  "heading": "Communication by communal telephone or in-cell telephone",
  "text": "(1) The entitlement of a prisoner to use a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone under this rule is subject to—\n(a) the provisions of rule 60 and this rule; and\n(b) the provisions of any direction made under paragraph (10).\n(2) A prisoner is entitled to use a communal telephone.\n(3) A prisoner is entitled to use an in-cell telephone where—\n(a) the Scottish Minsters have authorised the use of in-cell telephones in the prison in a direction made under paragraph (10); and\n(b) an in-cell telephone has been installed in the prisoner’s cell or room.\n(4) The Governor may impose restrictions as to the times of day during which a prisoner may use a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone.\n(5) The Governor may impose different restrictions under paragraph (4) for different purposes including different restrictions for—\n(a) different classes of prisoners;\n(b) different parts of the prison; and\n(c) different types of telephone.\n(6) The Governor may restrict or remove a prisoner’s entitlement to use a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone—\n(a) in accordance with rule 60; or\n(b) in accordance with any direction made under paragraph (10).\n(7) The Governor must place a notice in a communal area of the prison informing prisoners of any restrictions imposed by the Governor under paragraph (4).\n(8) The Governor must inform a prisoner in writing of any decision under paragraph (6) to restrict or remove the prisoner’s entitlement to use a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone.\n(9) A prisoner must not—\n(a) tamper with a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone or cause someone else to tamper with the telephone; or\n(b) intentionally damage or destroy a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone or cause someone else so to damage or destroy the telephone.\n(10) The Scottish Ministers may specify in a direction—\n(a) the prisons in which a prisoner may use an in-cell telephone;\n(b) the conditions applicable to the use of a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone by a prisoner;\n(c) the circumstances in which, and the grounds on which, a prisoner’s entitlement to use a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone can be restricted or removed by the Governor;\n(d) the numbers which a prisoner may, or may not, call on a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone;\n(e) the circumstances in which, and the means by which, calls made by a prisoner from a communal telephone or an in-cell telephone are to be logged, monitored and recorded.\n(11) The Scottish Ministers may make arrangements whereby prisoners may be required to pay for the cost of calls made from a communal telephone or in-cell telephone.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules 62, 62A substituted for rule 62 (15.6.2020 at 2.00 p.m.) by The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/175), rules 1, 2(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/62",
    "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."
}