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Decision Report 201300748

  • Case ref:
    201300748
  • Date:
    November 2013
  • Body:
    Scottish Prison Service
  • Sector:
    Prisons
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    clothing

Summary

Mr C, who is a prisoner, complained that he had asked the prison to provide some items of clothing but they had not done so. Prisons have to satisfy certain clothing needs if a prisoner does not have such items him or herself, and they should provide enough such items for one to be worn while another is being, or is waiting to be, washed or cleaned.

In Mr C's case, we did not uphold his complaint, as our investigation established that nothing that the prison were required to provide was outstanding. For example, they were not required to provide sportswear (which he had requested), and he already had two pairs of footwear.

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