A handcuffs assist device. The device includes a housing including a shaft. The housing includes one or more pulley wheels positioned about the shaft and coupled to a first end of one or more handcuff cables. A second end of the handcuff cables is coupled to one or more handcuffs. The housing includes a ratcheting mechanism having a sprocket wheel positioned about the shaft and a locking bar coupled to the housing. The locking bar has a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. At least one of the shaft, the one or more pulley wheels and the sprocket wheel is configured to rotate about the shaft in a first direction and not in the second direction when the ratcheting mechanism is in a locked configuration.