Regulations Governing the Management of Use of Guard instruments, Protective Restraints and Placement in Protective Cell in Detention Centers Article 8

When detention centers use guard instruments, the following aspects have to be considered:1. Closely observe the defendants’ conditions and promptly cease the use when the situations set forth in Paragraph 2 and proviso of Paragraph 5, Article 18 of the Act become inapplicable.2. The use of guard instruments shall be exerted by the detention center officers.3. Avoid damaged or unclean guard instruments.4. Avoid causing pains on defendants by excessive tightness or improper posture.5. Provide sheaths made of appropriate materials shall be provided to prevent injuries caused by frequent friction in using the guard instruments.6. Change or cease the use if the defendants are injured in using the guard instruments.7. Guard instruments shall not block the defendants’ sight.8. Where the defendant engages in self-harming conduct such as hitting one’s head against the wall, the detention center may use sponge or protective gears made of other anti-collision materials to protect defendant’s head. The use of protective gears shall not exceed necessary level, and the sanitation of the protective gear shall be a matter for attention.
中文原文 看守所施用戒具與施以固定保護及保護室收容管理辦法第8條
施用戒具應注意下列事項:
一、應隨時觀察被告行狀,已無本法第十八條第二項、第五項但書所列情形者,應即終止。
二、施用戒具應由看守所人員為之。
三、應避免使用破損或不潔之戒具。
四、應避免過緊或姿勢不當造成疼痛。
五、應提供適當材質護套,以避免因施用戒具後摩擦頻繁而造成其他傷害。
六、如施用戒具已成傷,應改變施用方式或終止之。
七、施用戒具不得遮蔽被告之視線。
八、被告如有以頭部撞擊牆壁等自殘行為時,看守所得施用以泡棉或其他防撞素材製作之護具,保護其頭部之安全。
但不得逾必要之程度,且應注意護具之清潔衛生。

English translation for reference only; the Chinese text prevails. Not legal advice.