{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-2000/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-2000/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/3371",
  "legislation_title": "The Young Offender Institution Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/young-offender-institution-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Requests and complaints",
  "text": "(1) An inmate may make a request or complaint to the governor or independent monitoring board relating to the inmate’s detention.\n(2) ... The governor shall consider as soon as possible any requests and complaints that are made to him under paragraph (1).\n(3) A written request or complaint under paragraph (1) may be made in confidence.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 8(1) substituted (26.9.2011) by The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/1663), rule 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 8(2) omitted (26.9.2011) by virtue of The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/1663), rule 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 8(2) substituted (26.9.2011) by The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Amendment) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/1663), rule 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(b)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/3371/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:07:57.851107+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."
}