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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prisons-and-young-offenders-institutions-scotland-rules-2011/article-97",
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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/97",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Temporary confinement in a special cell",
  "text": "(1) The Governor may order the temporary confinement in a special cell of any prisoner who is behaving in a threatening, abusive or violent manner.\n(2) The following conditions apply to all orders made under paragraph (1) and the enforcement of such orders—\n(a) the Governor must keep a written record of the particulars of each order made under paragraph (1) including the reasons for making the order;\n(b) the Governor must inform a healthcare professional as soon as possible after making an order under paragraph (1) and consider any recommendations made by the healthcare professional;\n(c) an order under paragraph (1) must not be used as a punishment;\n(d) an officer must visit the prisoner at least once in every 15 minutes during the period that the prisoner is confined in a special cell; and\n(e) a prisoner must not be confined in a special cell for any longer than is necessary and, in any event, for no longer than a continuous period of 24 hours.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/331/article/97",
    "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."
}