Hi I know I am a newbie I only have about 15 sr shaves under my belt (getting better all the time) however at work this week an issue came up. I am a prison officer in the Scottish prison service and yesterday a prisoners relative handed in a dovo bismark, now prisoners are allowed razors and I know the prisoner quite well and I believe he would only use it for shaving and not as a weapon but I had to refuse the razor as it is classed as a knife, I approched my unit manager and explained that as this prisoner is a low cat prisoner with only 6 months left ( I work in a max security prison 5 years or above sentences) and is on the independent living programme that this razor should be considered a razor and not a weapon also as he is on the I.L.P. no other prisoners would have access to the razor and was told " it is a weapon how could it be considered anything else no-one shaves with them anymore" and was also told he wasn't allowed the Palmolive shave stick (fantastic soap not just for the price but in general IMO) or brush that was handed in too. Now I understand about the razor! but the soap and the brush? Is this just ignorance or a general attitude now I'm getting funny looks after I said I use a straight razor.
Any thoughts?