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Prison Rules, r. 87 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Every prisoner shall be allowed to write and receive a letter on reception and thereafter once in four weeks, to receive 48 a visit once in four weeks, if he is in the Young Prisoners’ or Junior Prisoners' or Star Class, and to receive a visit once in eight weeks if he is in the Ordinary Class.
(2) The letters and visits to which a prisoner is entitled under the foregoing paragraph of this rule shall not be liable to forfeiture under Rules 50 and 51 of these Rules.
(3) Not more than three persons shall be allowed to visit a prisoner at any one time.
(4) Visits shall be of thirty minutes duration unless, in any case, the Superintendent should, in his discretion, grant an extension of this period.
(5) Visits shall take place between the hours of 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
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