Adult Custodial Rules and appendices
The rules below form the majority of the overall system of prisons and prisoner management derived from the Prisons Act 1981.
Prior to March 2010 Adult Custodial Rules were known as Director General Rules.
Number | Name | Appendix |
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AC 1 | Management of Prisoners in Confinement | |
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AC 3 | Privileges | |
AC 4 | Association of Officers with Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners | |
AC 5 | Requests, Complaints and Grievances by Prisoners | |
AC 6 | Association of Male and Female Prisoners | |
AC 7 | Communication - Visits (updated July 2020) | |
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AC 8 | Use of Computers by Prisoners (Revoked January 2014) | |
AC 9 | Provision of Condoms and Dental Dams to Prisoners | |
AC 10 | Issue of Medication by Officers | |
AC 11 | Permitted and Prohibited Material (updated January 2014) | |
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AC 12 | Designation of Officers as Prison Officers (superseded by Prison Rule 401 on 19 January 2016) | |
AC 15 | Use of Firearms | |
AC 18 | Assessment and Sentence Management of Prisoners (See COPP 2.3) |
Page last updated: 8-Apr-2021