Prisoner transport kit

A prisoner transport kit, the kit comprising:

• a pair of rigid handcuffs;
• a lock;
• and
• a prisoner transport fetter;
• the lock comprising:
• a tongue-face defining a lock opening that is dimensioned to accept a tongue from the prisoner transport fetter;
• a locking mechanism which prevents removal of the tongue from the lock opening when the tongue is inserted a predetermined distance into the lock opening and the locking mechanism is in a locking position;
• and
• a key-face having a keyhole, the key-face being a different face of the lock than the tongue-face, the keyhole being dimensioned to accept a key that is adapted to engage the lock and to move the locking mechanism from the locking position, thereby allowing the removal of the tongue from the lock opening;
• the prisoner transport fetter having first and second opposing ends, the fetter comprising:
• the tongue, the tongue being located at the first end of the fetter and comprising a locking feature, the locking feature engaging with the locking mechanism when the tongue is inserted the predetermined distance into the lock opening and the locking mechanism is in the locking position;
• and
• a plurality of fetter openings spaced apart from each other along a length of the fetter, wherein the tongue can be inserted through one of the fetter openings before being inserted into the lock opening;
• and
• the pair of rigid handcuffs defining a channel that is dimensioned to allow the tongue to pass through the channel but not to allow the lock to pass through the channel.