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Decision report 201100532

  • Case ref:
    201100532
  • Date:
    August 2011
  • Body:
    Scottish Prison Service
  • Sector:
    Prisons
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    Work (In Prison)

Summary
Mr C complained that his previous prison had required him to attend work in prison although there was nothing for him to do. We did not uphold the complaint because prison rules require prisoners to attend work except in cases such as illness or where the prison do not have work available.
 

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Updated: March 13, 2018