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The family of death-in-custody victim Allan Marshall have blasted Scottish prison chiefs for halting the roll-out of “pain-free” restraint techniques at all jails. ‌

Allan was on remand at HMP Edinburgh in March 2015 when he was brutally restrained face down by 17 prison officers after a mental health episode. ‌

The 30-year-old, from Carluke, Lanarkshire, died after four days in a coma as a result of brain damage caused by oxygen starvation and cardiac arrest. ‌

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Allan was on remand for unpaid fines and breach of the peace charges.

The Scottish Prison Service piloted “non-pain-inducing control and restraint techniques” in three jails last year. ‌

But, despite reducing “violent incidents and floor restraints across all pilot sites”, its annual report r

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