Prisons: Restraint Techniques
(asked on 25th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of physical restraint took place in the female prison estate on women aged (1) 18 to 25, and (2) 26 years or older, in each year since 2018.
Answered by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
This question was answered on 9th June 2022
The requested data on use of force incidents is available for the 12 months ending March 2019 to March 2022. This is detailed in the attached Excel spreadsheet.
Every use of physical force is reviewed, and prison officers receive appropriate training to ensure that it is only used when necessary, reasonable and proportionate, and as a last resort.