A Ministry of Justice policy directive to governors states “staff are not permitted to use restraint techniques which deliberately cause pain”, adding “it is never acceptable to deliberately cause pain when a non-painful alternative can safely achieve the same objective”.
But the directive adds that “there may be instances where they are responding to an incident where the life of a child or someone is at threat or there is risk that they will suffer a significant or life changing injury and the common law principle of using an intervention which is reasonable, necessary and proportionate with the intended outcome will apply”.
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