Two officers stood on Fernando Rodriguez’s outstretched arms, handcuffs connecting his wrists. Another stood on the shackles binding the 24-year-old’s legs. A fourth officer kneeled on Rodriguez’s ...

England and Wales banned the use of pain-inducing physical restraint last week in children’s prisons. Such techniques are to be “minimised and will only be used as a last resort where it is a ...

PAINFUL restraint techniques used before the suicide of a 14-year-old boy at a North-East secure unit will be challenged in the House of Lords. Lord Carlile, a Liberal Democrat peer, will try to ...

California school staff would be barred from physically restraining K-12 students or isolating them in “seclusion rooms” unless the student’s behavior creates an imminent physical threat under a bill ...

It found pain compliance techniques were used on children in custody during 119 incidents in Youth Offending Institutions in the year to 2017. The Ministry of Justice said there were 181 incidents in ...

MALDEN — Public schools and specialized private schools in Massachusetts that educate children with behavioral or emotional issues will be required to follow new regulations when using restraint or ...

Restraint techniques used to deal with extremely aggressive people can substantially restrict their ability to breathe, an expert has told The Bureau of Investigative Journalism amid calls for fresh ...

The family of death-in-custody victim Allan Marshall have blasted Scottish prison chiefs for halting the roll-out of “pain-free” restraint techniques at all jails. Allan was on remand at HMP Edinburgh ...

Ministers are under growing pressure to ban the painful headlocks, wrist and arm twists that can be used to control children's behaviour in youth prisons. The national inquiry into child sexual abuse ...