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Decision report 201102264

  • Case ref:
    201102264
  • Date:
    July 2012
  • Body:
    Scottish Prison Service
  • Sector:
    Prisons
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    Downgrading

Summary
Mr C, who is a prisoner, was unhappy when he was downgraded from open prison conditions and returned to a closed prison. He complained that the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) had failed to follow the correct process in relation to the downgrade.

We looked into the complaint but we did not agree with Mr C. It is for prisons to decide whether to downgrade prisoners. What we had to look at was whether the prison had followed the proper processes and procedures in making their decision. In this case, while we concluded that it would have been helpful if more specific information had been provided to the prisoner, we did not find evidence that the prison had unreasonably failed to follow the correct process.

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