UK Statutory Instrument SI 1999/728 United Kingdom

The Prison Rules 1999

Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

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Plus 3 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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s.art021 Special illnesses and conditions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Prison medical officer must report prisoners whose health is at riskCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art049 Restraints Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Governor must notify monitoring board and medical staff of prisoner restraintCrown / Minister / Government department
s.art058 Cellular confinement Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Prison governor must consult medical staff before imposing cellular confinementCrown / Minister / Government department
102 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001 Citation and commencement
s.art002 Interpretation
s.art002 Coronavirus period – transition period
s.art003 Purpose of prison training and treatment
s.art004 Outside contacts
s.art005 After care
s.art006 Maintenance of order and discipline
s.art007 Classification of prisoners
s.art008 Privileges
s.art009 Temporary release
s.art009 Coronavirus Restricted Temporary Release
s.art010 Information to prisoners
s.art011 Requests and complaints
s.art012 Women prisoners
s.art013 Religious denomination
s.art014 Special duties of chaplains and prison ministers
s.art015 Regular visits by ministers of religion
s.art016 Religious services
s.art017 Substitute for chaplain or prison minister
s.art018 Sunday work
s.art019 Religious books
s.art020 Health services
s.art022 Notification of illness or death
s.art023 Clothing
s.art024 Food
s.art025 Alcohol and tobacco
s.art026 Sleeping accommodation
s.art027 Beds and bedding
s.art028 Hygiene
s.art029 Physical education
s.art030 Time in the open air
s.art031 Work
s.art031 Prescription of certain matters in respect of prisoners’ earnings
s.art032 Education
s.art033 Library
s.art034 Communications generally
s.art035 Personal letters and visits
s.art035 Interception of communications
s.art035 Permanent log of communications
s.art035 Disclosure of material
s.art035 Retention of material
s.art036 Police interviews
s.art037 Securing release
s.art038 Visits from legal advisers
s.art039 Delivery and receipt of legally privileged material
s.art040 Custody outside prison
s.art041 Search
s.art042 Record and photograph
s.art043 Prisoners’ property
s.art044 Money and articles received by post
s.art045 Removal from association
s.art046 Close supervision centres
s.art046 Separation centres
s.art047 Use of force
s.art048 Temporary confinement
s.art050 Compulsory testing for controlled drugs , pharmacy medicines and other substances etc. ...
s.art050 Observation of prisoners by means of an overt closed circuit television system
s.art050 Compulsory testing for alcohol
s.art051 Offences against discipline
s.art051 Interpretation of rule 51
s.art052 Defences to rule 51(9)
s.art052 Defences to rule 51(10) and rule 51(11)
s.art053 Disciplinary charges
s.art053 Determination of mode of inquiry
s.art053 Determination of mode of inquiry in a coronavirus period
s.art054 Rights of prisoners charged
s.art055 Governor’s punishments
s.art055 Adjudicator’s punishments
s.art055 Requirement to pay for damage to prison property
s.art055 Review of adjudicator’s punishment
s.art056 Forfeiture of remission to be treated as an award of additional days
s.art057 Offences committed by young persons
s.art059 Prospective award of additional days
s.art059 Removal from a cell or living unit
s.art060 Suspended punishments
s.art061 Remission and mitigation of punishments , variation of compensation requirements and quashing of findings of guilt
s.art061 Enforcement of compensation requirements
s.art062 General duty of officers
s.art063 Gratuities forbidden
s.art064 Search of officers
s.art065 Transactions with prisoners
s.art066 Contact with former prisoners
s.art067 Communications to the press
s.art068 Code of discipline
s.art069 Emergencies
s.art070 Prohibited articles
s.art070 List C Articles
s.art071 Control of persons and vehicles
s.art072 Viewing of prisons
s.art073 Visitors
s.art074 Disqualification for membership
s.art075 Independent monitoring board
s.art076 Proceedings of boards
s.art077 General duties of boards
s.art078 Particular duties
s.art079 Members visiting prisons
s.art080 Annual report
s.art081 Delegation by governor
s.art082 Contracted out prisons
s.art083 Contracted out parts of prisons
s.art084 Contracted out functions at directly managed prisons
s.art085 Revocations and savings

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