Alois Dvorzak and his wife
The use of handcuffs and a chain on a dying 84 year old man was condemned today in a report by the Prisons & Probation Ombudsman, Nigel Newcomen. He said that the UK government’s contracting out of immigration detention may have led to the increased use shackling, because escapes triggered financial penalties.
The Ombudsman’s report was published after an inquest jury concluded unanimously that Alois Dvorzak, aged 84, had died of natural causes.
