Regulations Governing the Management of Use of Guard Instruments, Protective Restraints and Placement in Protective Cell in Prisons Article 13

When prisons use protective restraints, the following aspects have to be considered:1. The use of protective restraints shall not exceed 4 hours every time. Prisons shall closely observe prisoners’ behavior and conditions and promptly cease the use when the prisoners do not have the situation set forth in Paragraph 1, Article 23 of the Act.2. The use of protective restraints shall be exerted by the prison officer.3. Before the use of protective restraints, the prison officer shall inspect the prisoners’ bodies, clothes, and the protective places.4. The prisoners shall be fastened and protected in the Gatch (sick) bed, while fastened in a stretcher shall be strictly prohibited.5. The safety of the prisoners' head, body or limbs shall be attended to.6. Avoid damaged or unclean protective restraints.7. Avoid using protective restraints on prisoners’ limbs or bodies with arteriovenous fistula.8. Proper tightness shall be attended to while using protective restraints.9. Protective restraints shall not block the prisoners’ sight.10. Where the prisoners engage in self-harming conduct such as hitting one’s head against the wall, prisons may use sponge or protective gears made of other anti-collision materials to protect prisoners’ heads. The use of protective gears shall not exceed necessary level, and the cleanliness of the protective gear shall be a matter for attention.