A new pain-free technique for restraining prisoners is being introduced across Scotland's jails. The method removes the use of pain-inducing holds, such as bending back an inmate's wrists, and is ...

An expert who led a review of restraint on young offenders has defended his controversial call for staff to be permitted to inflict pain in dangerous situations. Peter Smallridge (pictured), who ...

A Missouri school district focused on special education restrains and secludes its students excessively and improperly, in “gross violation” of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a U.S. Department ...

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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 ...

The use of restraint and seclusion in K-12 schools has been scrutinized and criticized for decades, including by the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and ...

Northern York County Regional Police have begun a three-month testing and evaluation period to determine if a new kind of nonlethal restraint device could be a good fit for the department, Chief Dave ...