The Guardian revealed on Tuesday that the Ministry of Justice had been told that the restraint techniques it had approved for use on children in custody could kill them. A risk assessment carried out ...

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 ...

A controversial restraint technique linked to the death of a child in custody has been banned as the Government announced a major overhaul of control methods in youth detention. The so-called "nose ...

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 ...

A former Labour minister has criticised the use of the modern "equivalents of thumb screws" at a privately-run child secure unit in Northamptonshire. Northampton North MP Sally Keeble said she had ...

Details of the techniques used in a secret manual governing the use of physical restraint in private child prisons were revealed today. Some of the measures employed in the secure training centres, ...