{"id":59780,"date":"2015-07-30T09:15:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T09:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=85eae4a331516c0ad6ab4af5eaff3a16"},"modified":"2015-07-30T09:15:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T09:15:52","slug":"news-story-yjb-statement-about-research-on-head-hold-restraint-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=59780","title":{"rendered":"News story: YJB statement about research on head-hold restraint techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The study, \u2018Assessing the Physiological and Psychological Impacts of Head-Hold Restraint Techniques\u2019, was commissioned by the YJB and carried out by Coventry University. It examined the physiological and psychological effects of four head-hold restraint techniques, including the technique used in Minimising and Managing Physical Restraint (MMPR).  <\/p>\n<p>Lin Hinnigan, Chief Executive of the YJB, said: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYoung people in custody are some of the most vulnerable people in society, and their safety and welfare is our highest priority. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis important research will help to maintain safety by informing how staff working with young people in secure training centres and under-18 young offender institutions are trained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRestraint should only ever be used as a last resort where it is absolutely necessary and where no other form of intervention is possible or appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"background\">Background<\/h4>\n<p>Read the Assessing the Physiological and Psychological Impacts of Head-Hold Restraint Techniques research report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/report-on-the-impact-of-head-hold-restraint-techniques\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_1779\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Youth Justice Board media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"fn\">Youth Justice Board press office<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"street-address\">102 Petty France<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLondon<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSW1H 9AJ<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:Media1@yjb.gsi.gov.uk\">Media1@yjb.gsi.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Press office<\/span><br \/>\n              0203 334 3993\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">For out-of-hours please contact the following<\/span><br \/>\n              07990 777309\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Youth Justice Board (YJB) has published a research report looking at the impact of head-hold restraint techniques.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}