In July last year the Ministry of Justice changed the rules governing the use of restraint in privately run STCs, which hold vulnerable juvenile offenders, to bring them into line with Prison Service young offender institutions (YOIs). The amendment allowed restraint to be used to ensure 'good order and discipline' in both types of establishment, not just YOIs. A judicial review has now found that the decision making prior to the change was unlawful. But the rule change will not...