staff-assisted peer restraint?

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend committed a violent felony when he was 16 and was held on a lock-down unit at a juvenile correctional facility until he turned 21.

Anyhow, he says the kids did restraints (including take-downs) on each other and that the technical term for it is "staff-assisted peer restraint". Basically, they used the kids as unpaid security staff. And this was on a unit that housed the most violent offenders at the facility.

Has anyone else heard of this? It sounds so weird.  

[Che Gookin]

It used to happen at Eckerds like 15 or so years ago. Wasn't allowed at the time I worked there or at 3 springs.

[Anne Bonney]

My boyfriend committed a violent felony when he was 16 and was held on a lock-down unit at a juvenile correctional facility until he turned 21.

Anyhow, he says the kids did restraints (including take-downs) on each other and that the technical term for it is "staff-assisted peer restraint". Basically, they used the kids as unpaid security staff. And this was on a unit that housed the most violent offenders at the facility.

Has anyone else heard of this? It sounds so weird.  

Sure.  They'd have 5 or 6 people throw a kid down on the floor and sit on him for hours on end.  One on each leg, each arm, abdomen and one to hold the head (no pillow, just hold it so the victim couldn't fight back).  Sick shit, but it happened ALL the time.

[Che Gookin]

I seem to remember one of the wwasp programmes using their junior level staff to perform restraints. Can't joggle the memory on that though.