{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988/article-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-1988/article-21.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/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Hygiene",
  "text": "(1) Every inmate shall be provided with toilet articles necessary for his health and cleanliness, which shall be replaced as necessary.\n(2) Every inmate shall be required to wash at proper times, have a hot bath or shower on reception and thereafter at least once a week.\n(3) Subject to any directions of the Secretary of State, a male inmate may be required by the governor to shave or be shaved and to have his hair cut as may be necessary for neatness or, as directed by the medical officer, for health or cleanliness.\n(4) A female inmate’s hair shall not be cut without her consent except where the medical officer directs that it is necessary for health or cleanliness.",
  "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/21",
    "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."
}