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Decision Report 201806337

Case ref:

201806337
Date:

March 2020
Body:

Scottish Prison Service
Sector:

Scottish Government and Devolved Administration
Outcome:

Not upheld, no recommendations
Subject:

visits

Summary

Ms C complained to us that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) had unreasonably stopped her visits with a family member who was also in prison. The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Scotland) Rules 2011 state that a prisoner is only entitled to receive a visit from another prisoner in exceptional circumstances. We found that the decision to stop the visits was a decision that the SPS were entitled to take and there was no evidence that they did not follow the correct process. Under our legislation, we cannot change or question a decision that has been made properly. We did not identify any failings by the SPS and we did not uphold Ms C's complaint.