§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances body belt restraints may be used in prisons; and on whose authority.
§ Mr. HurdThe circumstances in which body belts and other restraints may be used, and the ways in which their use must be authorised, are set out in rule 46 of the Prison Rules 1964, as amended.
§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the prisons in which body belt restraints were used in 1983.
§ Mr. HurdCentral records indicate that the following establishments used body belts in 1983:
Prison Establishment
- Bedford
- Birmingham
- Blundeston
- Bristol
- Camp Hill
- Canterbury
- Chelmsford
- Cookham Wood
- Deerbolt
- Durham
- Exeter
- Gartree
- Hull
- Leicester
- Lewes
- Lincoln
- Long Lartin
- Maidstone
- Northallerton
- Parkhurst
- Pentonville
- Preston
- Rochester
- Stafford
- Wandsworth
- Winchester
- Wormwood Scrubs