{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1422",
  "legislation_title": "The Young Offender Institution Rules 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Letters and visits generally",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, with a view to securing discipline and good order or the prevention of crime or in the interests of any persons, impose restrictions, either generally or in a particular case, upon the communications to be permitted between an inmate and other persons.\n(2) Except as provided by statute or these Rules, an inmate shall not be permitted to communicate with any outside person, or that person with him, without the leave of the Secretary of State.\n(3) Except as provided by these Rules, every letter or communication to or from an inmate may be read or examined by the governor or an officer deputed by him, and the governor may, at his discretion, stop any communication on the ground that its contents are objectionable or that it is of inordinate length.\n(4) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the governor may give such directions as he thinks fit for the supervision of visits to inmates, either generally or in a particular case.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1422/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:00:46.097107+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."
}