Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 17a - Social and Human Services and Resources
16 - Rights of Children and Youth Under the Supervision of the Commissioner of Children and Families
Section 17a-16-7 - Definitions

(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Children & Families;

(b) "Department" means the Department of Children & Families;

(c) "Contraband" means weapons, unauthorized drugs, and other items which pose a danger to a child or youth or others;

(d) "Mechanical restraint" means any externally applied mechanical device which limits the voluntary movement of a child or youth;

(e) "Seclusion" means isolation from the general population of an institution of the commissioner enforced by a locked door.