| Act of 20 July 2018 reforming the prison administration (Loi du 20 juillet 2018 portant réforme de l’administration pénitentiaire) | In carrying out these duties, prison officers may only use the physical and material means of restraint at their disposal in self-defence, attempted escape, invasion, or attempted invasion to compel a detained person to behave by the law and the instructions of prison staff by inhibiting or restricting his capacity for movement, to overcome the resistance of a detained person by violence or physical inertia to orders given, or when it is a question of protecting the detained person against themselves. The choice and use of means of restraint must be justified, limited in time, and proportionate to the facts. |