Restraints, such as the straitjacket, were forbidden. A Spanish windlass is sometimes used to tighten a tourniquet or a straitjacket. He escaped a straitjacket with tricks learned from Harry Houdini. He is subdued, restrained in a straitjacket, and becomes an inmate in his own asylum. The effect of a straitjacket as a restraint makes it of special interest in escapology. It's interesting how many prisoners of that straitjacket resent its being loosened or taken off. He sometimes had to be constrained in a straitjacket for weeks at a psychiatric hospital. At times, she was restrained in a form of straitjacket. The straitjacket and a period of seclusion were the only sanctioned punishments. Graham was sedated, bound in a straitjacket, and flown back to Washington. The straitjacket as an instrument of torture comes from the Victorian era of medicine. Wearing an institutional straitjacket for long periods of time may cause pain for wearers. Entered arena wearing a straitjacket and howling. After flinging his body in the air, he escaped from the straitjacket. Frank awakens in a straitjacket and finally comes face to face with Dr. Jane.