Indiana Administrative Code
Title 210 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Article 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES
Rule 5 - Security
Section 5-14 - Mechanical restraints
Universal Citation: 210 IN Admin Code 5-14
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 11-8-2-5; IC 31-31-8-2
Affected: IC 31-31-8
Sec. 14.
(a) Written policy, procedure, and practice prohibit the use of mechanical restraints for punishment, discipline, or treatment.
(b) Mechanical restraints may be used when the juvenile is a danger to himself, herself, or others, or during deescalation when other techniques were attempted and not successful.
(c) Mechanical restraints may be applied only with the approval of the facility administrator, or their designee, and continued use must be reviewed by such staff every fifteen (15) minutes.
(d) Staff must remove the mechanical restraints:
(1) at the earliest
possible time;
(2) when the
juvenile is no longer a danger to himself, herself, or others; and
(3) not longer than two (2) hours after
application of the restraints.
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