The Court of Appeal has outlawed the use of physical restraint methods on young people held in secure training centres.

The new rules, brought in after the deaths in custody in 2004 of Gareth Myatt, aged 15, and Adam Rickwood, aged 14, allowed restraint when it was thought necessary to ensure good order and discipline. However, three judges decided that human rights were being breached by these methods.

Further information is available from Community Care.