Regulations Governing the Management of Use of Guard instruments, Protective Restraints and Placement in Protective Cell in Detention Centers Article 13

When detention centers use protective restraints, the following aspects have to be considered:1. The use of protective restraints shall not exceed 4 hours every time, Detention centers shall closely observe defendants’ behavior and conditions and promptly cease the use when the defendants do not have the situation set forth in Paragraph 2, Article 18 of the Act.2. The use of protective restraints shall be exerted by the detention center officer.3. Before the use of protective restraints, the detention center officer shall inspect the defendants' body, clothes, and the protective places.4. The defendants shall be fastened and protected in the Gatch (sick) bed, while fastened in a stretcher shall be strictly prohibited.5. The safety of the defendants' head, body or limbs shall be attended to.6. Avoid damaged or unclean protective restraints.7. Avoid using protective restraints on defendants’ limbs or bodies with arteriovenous fistulas.8. Proper tightness shall be attended to while using protective restraints.9. Protective restraints shall not block the defendants’ sight.10. Where the defendants engage in self-harming conduct such as hitting one’s head against the wall, detention centers may use sponge or protective gears made of other anti-collision materials to protect defendants’ heads. The use of protective gears shall not exceed necessary level, and the cleanliness of the protective gear shall be a matter for attention.