Ms Caron McCaffrey:

As there were different types of handcuffs in place in different prisons, there may have been a concern that staff were not familiar with the operation of the different systems. We have standardised the handcuffs that are in place right across the system and have incurred significant expenditure over the past two years to ensure that we have a standardised range of equipment in place and that all of our staff have received the appropriate escort guideline training.