A 230-pound Texas teacher forces a boy face down and lies on top of him, killing him, after he refused to stay seated in class. Weeks after threatening suicide, a 13-year-old boy with attention ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A bill banning the use of face-down restraint techniques by state employees passed a second reading on the Senate floor Friday. The use of so-called “prone ...

Lawmakers, advocates and parents of students with disabilities gathered at the Texas State Capitol Monday morning to call for tighter restrictions on the use of dangerous physical restraints in ...

New Ministry of Justice policy says such techniques must only be used in emergency scenarios Staff working in children’s prisons are to be banned from using techniques that deliberately cause pain, ...

MALDEN — Public schools and specialized private schools in Massachusetts that educate children with behavioral or emotional issues will be required to follow new regulations when using restraint or ...

PAINFUL restraint techniques used before the suicide of a 14-year-old boy at a North-East secure unit will be challenged in the House of Lords. Lord Carlile, a Liberal Democrat peer, will try to ...

Restraint techniques used to deal with extremely aggressive people can substantially restrict their ability to breathe, an expert has told The Bureau of Investigative Journalism amid calls for fresh ...

Ministers are under growing pressure to ban the painful headlocks, wrist and arm twists that can be used to control children's behaviour in youth prisons. The national inquiry into child sexual abuse ...

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Ministers are under growing pressure to ban the painful headlocks, wrist and arm twists that can be used to control children's behaviour in youth prisons. The national inquiry into child sexual abuse ...