Regulations Governing the Management of Use of Guard Instruments, Protective Restraints and Placement in Protective Cell in Prisons Article 8

When prisons use guard instruments, the following aspects have to be considered:1. Closely observe the prisoners’ conditions and promptly cease the use when the situations set forth in Paragraph 1 and proviso of Paragraph 3, Article 23 of the Act become inapplicable.2. The use of guard instruments shall be exerted by the prison officers.3. Avoid damaged or unclean guard instruments.4. Avoid causing pains on prisoners by excessive tightness or improper posture.5. Provide sheaths made of appropriate materials to prevent injuries caused by frequent frictions in using the guard instruments.6. Change or cease the use if the prisoners are injured in using the guard instruments.7. Guard instruments shall not block the prisoners’ sight.8. Where the prisoner engages in self-harming conduct such as hitting one’s head against the wall, the prison may use sponge or protective gears made of other anti-collision materials to protect prisoner’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 監獄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、應隨時觀察受刑人行狀,已無本法第二十三條第一項、第三項但書所列情形者,應即終止。
二、施用戒具應由監獄人員為之。
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、施用戒具不得遮蔽受刑人之視線。
八、受刑人如有以頭部撞擊牆壁等自殘行為時,監獄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.