In fact, Gareth was subjected to a technique within something called Physical Control in Care, which is the range of restraining approaches used in secure training centres, and is different from the Control and Restraint measures used in the young offender institutions run by the Prison Service. The distinction is not just semantic. The former, with one exception, does not involve the application of pain, while the latter often does. This is in recognition of the fact that secure training centres are designed for a younger and more vulnerable population within the juvenile secure estate.
The Youth Justice Board recently issued new guidance, just ahead of the Carlile Report, on the use of restraint, segregation and strip-searching.
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