Restraint is only ever to be used by staff as a last resort, when all other approaches have either not succeeded or would not be appropriate.
The data provided in the following tables, for the period April 2008 to March 2009, have been supplied by the Youth Justice Board (YJB) and relate to use of restraint in secure training centres. Central collection of information about the reasons for each restraint began in April 2008. Details of the age, sex and ethnic group of the young person restrained were also collected from that point, but it is not possible to provide a further breakdown, by those categories, of the reasons for restraint, as the Youth Justice Board does not receive the data in that format. Statistics relating to young offender institutions and secure children’s homes are not collected in the format requested and obtaining them would require a search through individual records, which could not be carried out without disproportionate cost. The YJB does not collect data on whether or not a young person restrained has a disability, or the requested information about removal from association, and these could not be provided without disproportionate cost.
Rainsbrook Oakhill Medway Hassockfield STC total April 2008 2 0 2 0 4 May 2008 0 0 0 0 0 June 2008 0 3 0 0 3 July 2008 0 0 1 8 9 August 2008 0 0 0 0 0 September 2008 0 0 0 0 0 October 2008 0 0 0 0 0 November 2008 0 0 0 0 0 December 2008 0 0 0 0 0 January 2009 0 0 0 0 0 February 2009 0 0 0 0 0 March 2009 0 0 0 0 0 Note: In July 2008, the Court of Appeal ruled that restraint could not be used in secure training centres for the purpose of ensuring good order and discipline (Re C v Secretary of State for Justice (2008) EWCA Civ 882)
Rainsbrook Oakhill Medway Hassockfield STC total April 2008 0 0 0 0 0 May2008 0 0 0 0 0 June 2008 0 1 0 0 1 July 2008 0 1 0 0 1 August 2008 0 0 0 0 0 September 2008 0 0 0 0 0 October 2008 0 0 0 0 0 November 2008 0 0 0 0 0 December 2008 0 0 0 0 0 January 2009 0 0 0 0 0 February 2009 0 0 0 0 0 March 2009 0 0 0 0 0
Rainsbrook Oakhill Medway Hassockfield STC total April 2008 24 58 24 31 137 May 2008 23 20 21 31 95 June 2008 29 25 33 32 119 July 2008 21 68 39 42 170 August 2008 38 44 25 43 150 September 2008 44 27 30 24 125 October 2008 37 36 34 36 143 November 2008 29 23 20 31 103 December 2008 35 27 24 42 128 January 2009 52 45 12 29 138 February 2009 14 26 40 47 127 March 2009 19 26 61 53 159
Rainsbrook Oakhill Medway Hassockfield STC total April 2008 1 1 1 4 7 May 2008 1 2 4 7 14 June 2008 1 2 6 4 13 July 2008 0 0 3 4 7 August 2008 0 4 4 7 15 September 2008 0 7 3 16 26 October 2008 1 2 6 6 15 November 2008 0 0 1 3 4 December 2008 2 4 2 6 14 January 2009 0 0 1 4 5 February 2009 0 0 2 15 17 March 2009 1 2 8 18 29
Rainsbrook Oakhill Medway Hassockfield STC total April 2008 0 2 0 0 2 May 2008 0 0 1 0 1 June 2008 0 0 0 0 0 July 2008 0 2 2 0 4 August 2008 0 1 1 0 2 September 2008 0 0 1 0 1 October 2008 0 0 1 0 1 November 2008 0 0 0 0 0 December 2008 0 0 0 0 0 January 2009 0 0 0 0 0 February 2009 0 0 1 0 1 March 2009 0 0 2 0 2