A 230-pound Texas teacher forces a boy face down and lies on top of him, killing him, after he refused to stay seated in class. Weeks after threatening suicide, a 13-year-old boy with attention ...

New Ministry of Justice policy says such techniques must only be used in emergency scenarios Staff working in children’s prisons are to be banned from using techniques that deliberately cause pain, ...

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 ...

The Grand Rapids Police Department is conducting training this week on grappling restraint techniques with officers visiting ...

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 ...

Lawmakers, advocates and parents of students with disabilities gathered at the Texas State Capitol Monday morning to call for tighter restrictions on the use of dangerous physical restraints in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite safety warnings, police departments continue misapplying restraint positions and techniques For decades, top law enforcement agencies have warned that certain restraint techniques may hinder a ...