There's no excuse for brutality in prison

Pain-free restraint roll-out 'priority'

- JENNIFER HYLAND

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.

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