R (on the application of FI) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1272 – read judgment The Court of Appeal has held that the physical restraint of persons being removed from ...

PHOENIX — Phoenix police officials further discussed policy changes and misconceptions surrounding the controversial “carotid control technique,” while demonstrating a more “compassionate” technique ...

Kentucky’s highest education official sent cease and desist letters to the state’s school districts last week, forbidding them from using Aikido, a form of Japanese martial arts, to restrain students.

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 ...

BRUTAL restraint techniques used on a 14-year-old boy who later committed suicide at a North-East secure unit are illegal and must be banned, MPs and peers will demand today. In a damning report, the ...

The revelations about the Physical Control in Care manual, governing methods of restraint for young people in secure training centres, are shocking. That a range of pain-compliant techniques are ...

A man has died in prison custody in Dublin after an incident during which he was subjected to control and restraint techniques by prison officers. Three separate investigations were begun into the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Despite a pilot reducing “violent incidents and floor restraints across all pilot sites” prison chiefs have halted a roll-out across all jails due to overcrowding and a lack of resources.

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