The Hope not Handcuffs campaign, led by care services provider Serenity Welfare, is urging the government to ban the use of handcuffs to restrain young people both in the youth justice system and in care.
The move comes following anecdotal evidence from the organisation which reveals children have been handcuffed and placed in police vans to be moved between care placements.
One care leaver told Serenity: “When I was taken to my care home, I was put in handcuffs and put in the back of a van by the transport provider – apparently because they didn’t have any other vehicles available. After this, I actually had to spend two nights in police custody because they couldn’t find me a place to stay.
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