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Restraint belts. Belly chain (restraint) A belly chain (also known as a waist chain or Martin chain) is a physical restraint worn by prisoners, consisting of a chain around the waist, to which the prisoner's hands may be chained or cuffed. Sometimes the ankles are also connected by means of longer chains.
Modern prison restraints including steel handcuffs and belly chains A full Medical Restraint System. Physical restraints are used: primarily by police and prison authorities to obstruct delinquents and prisoners from escaping or resisting [1] British Police officers are authorised to use leg and arm restraints, if they have been instructed in their use.
Guantanamo restraint chair. A restraint chair is a type of physical restraint that is used to force an individual to remain seated in one place to prevent injury and harm to themselves or others. [1] They are commonly used in prisons for violent inmates and hospitals for out of control patients. However, they have also been used to restrain ...
The use of shackles or restraints on pregnant women is a common practice in prisons and jails in the United States. [1] Shackling is defined as "using any physical restraint or mechanical device to control the movement of a prisoner's body or limbs, including handcuffs, leg shackles, and belly chains". [2] For females, shackles or handcuffs are ...
The restraint system is no longer being used, the Missouri Department of Corrections said. ... Five charged in death of prisoner who was placed in ‘restraint system’ in Missouri. Katie Moore ...
Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists in proximity to each other. [1] They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain, a hinge, or rigid bar. Each cuff has a rotating arm which engages with a ratchet that prevents it from being opened once closed around a person's wrist.
A prisoner transport vehicle, informally known as a "Sweat Box" or “Court Bus” amongst British prisoners, is a specially designed or retrofitted vehicle, usually a van or bus, used to transport prisoners from one secure area, such as a prison or courthouse, to another. Less commonly, aircraft, railcars or vessels are also similarly fitted.
The first Roman prison was said to have been built by Ancus Marcius and enlarged by Servius Tullius, during the semilegendary period of the Roman kings. The Porticus Argonautarum, built by Agrippa on the Campus Martius, is thought by some to have been used as a temporary prison. [7] Among other structures used as prisons in Rome, only that ...