http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/9138212.htmPosted on Mon, Jul. 12, 2004
Juvenile head calls for more humane treatment for young offenders
BRENT KALLESTAD
Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The state moved Monday to a friendlier method of treating juvenile inmates, saying the new approach is a better way of rehabilitating the troubled youngsters.
Juvenile Justice Secretary Anthony Schembri said the agency has banned the use of the shoulder lock, wristlock and pressure points as restraint techniques. It had already banned use of the hammerlock technique.
"Experience has shown us that it is too easy to injure a young person when applying these holds," Schembri told his management team in a recent memo.
"We don't have to confront every child who wants to have a fight or wants to resist," he said Monday. "We need to be smarter than they are."
