The family of Allan Marshall - a Lanarkshire dad who died in custody - 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, was placed in a coma and died four days later 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, the Sunday Mail reports.

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

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