page_title: Physical restraint
hierarchical_section_title: Physical restraint
caption_attribution_description: English: Corporal punishment in a women's penitentiary. A prison inmate is disciplined by three guards, while other guards and the warden look on. The prisoner is restrained with blocks made of wood, were her neck and her ankles are secured.
context_page_description: Physical restraint refers to means of purposely limiting or obstructing the freedom of a person's bodily movement.
context_section_description: Physical restraint refers to means of purposely limiting or obstructing the freedom of a person's bodily movement.
caption: Wooden restraints in a women's prison, USA (ca. 1890)
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