Explanatory note

These Rules amend the Young Offender Institution Rules 1988 (“the 1988 Rules”). Rule 2 of these Rules introduces the Schedule, which sets out the amendments to the 1988 Rules. They provide for a number of new disciplinary offences relating to racist behaviour by prisoners. The new offences are racially aggravated assault; causing racially aggravated damage to, or destruction of, any part of a young offender institution or any other property, other than the young offender’s own; using threatening, abusive or insulting racist words or behaviour; and displaying, attaching or drawing on any part of a young offender institution, or any other property, threatening, abusive or insulting racist material.