Editing Handcuffs (section)

===Keys===
[[File:CuffKey.jpg|thumb|Universal handcuff key|128x128px]]
[[File:Inmate in high security restraints (4).jpg|alt=|thumb|172x172px|An inmate in handcuffs and a belly chain with a handcuff cover, concealing the keyholes]]
Most modern handcuffs in the United States, the United Kingdom and Latin America can be opened with the same standard universal handcuff key. This allows for easier transport of prisoners. However, there are handcuff makers who use keys based on different standards. Maximum security handcuffs require special keys. Handcuff keys usually do not work with [[thumbcuffs]]. The Cuff Lock handcuff key [[padlock]] uses this same standard key.

To prevent the restrained person from eventually opening the handcuffs with a handcuff key, a [[handcuff cover]] may be used to conceal the keyholes of the handcuffs.