A Captive Audience: Special Restraints For Unruly Prisoners

Police and corrections officials often encounter really bad guys who require additional security measures. To accommodate those special people – fighters, biters, runners, kickers, and spitters – law enforcement officers often resort to higher level restraint devices.

Transport leg braces offer excellent security when moving prisoners. The hinged metal bar locks in place at any angle, which prevents the inmate from running. The hinge can also be unlocked to allow the prisoner to walk to and from a holding cell to the courtroom.

A bull tether is used to secure inmates during transportation situations. The device effectively reduces hand and arm movements. They’re also used to secure prisoners to fixed objects during out of cell activities, such as showering or attending doctor’s appointments.

Tethers are made by attaching regular handcuffs to heavy leather straps.

Locking leg weights impede running and kicking.

Every police department, jail, and prison encounters the inmate who insists upon banging his head against hard surfaces, such as concrete and steel. These protective helmets are designed to prevent injury.

Hard plastic masks prevent prisoners from biting and spitting on people around them.

Restraint beds offer the ultimate control for totally unruly prisoners.

Full body wraps are used to control combative prisoners. These restraints are often used by police officers in the field.

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Thanks to Lt. Dave Swords for the following investigative tip:

Two Reasons why it is hard to solve a Redneck Murder:
1. All the DNA is the same.
2. There are no dental records

While we’re at it… Redneck medical terms:

Benign…………………………….What you be after you be eight.
Artery………………………………The study of paintings.
Bacteria…………………………..Back door to cafeteria.
Barium…………………………….What doctors do when patients die.
Caesarian Section…………..The Italian part of town.
CATscan…………………………Searching for kitty.
Cauterize…………………………Made eye contact with her.
Colic………………………………..A sheep dog.
Coma………………………………A punctuation mark.
D & C………………………………Where Washington is.
Dilate……………………………….To live long.
Enema……………………………..Not a friend.
Fester………………………………Quicker than someone else.
Fibula……………………………….A small lie.
Genital……………………………..Non-Jewish person.
G.I. Series………………………..World Series of military baseball.
Hangnail…………………………..What you hang your coat on.
Impotent……………………………Distinguished, well known.
Labor Pain……………………….Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff…………………….A Doctor’s cane.
Morbid……………………………..A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates…………………………….Cheaper than day rates.
Node………………………………..I knew it.
Outpatient………………………..A person who has fainted.
Pap Smear………………………A fatherhood test.
Pelvis………………………………Second Cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative…………………A letter carrier.
Recovery Room……………….Place to do upholstery.
Rectum……………………………Damn near killed him.
Secretion…………………………Hiding something.
Seizure……………………………Roman emperor.
Tablet……………………………..A small table.
Terminal Illness……………….Getting sick at the airport.
Tumor……………………………..A couple extra.
Urine……………………………….Opposite of you’re out.
Varicose…………………………Near by/close by.