Guidance

Use of restraints for escorted moves

Detention services order 07/2016 about the Home Office’s responsibility to complete a risk assessment before restraining a detainee under escort.

Documents

Use of restraint(s) for escorted moves: all staff

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Risk assessment form

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Details

Detention services order for Home Office staff and suppliers on the use of handcuffs, leg restraints and waist restraint belts on detainees under escort, for both in-country and overseas journeys.

Updates to this page

Published 12 July 2016
Last updated 21 April 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added a risk assessment form.

  2. Updated to include the requirement to maintain confidentiality during medical appointments where appropriate, the roll out of DET teams and individual responsibilities, removal of mobile chair.

  3. Updated guidance.

  4. First published.

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