Indiana Administrative Code
Title 210 - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Article 8 - JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES
Rule 5 - Security
Section 5-17 - Physical restraint
Universal Citation: 210 IN Admin Code 5-17
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 11-8-2-5; IC 31-31-8-2
Affected: IC 31-31-8
Sec. 17.
(a) Written policy, procedure, and practice provide that the use of physical force or physical restraint is not used as a means of punishment or reprisal toward a juvenile and includes the following:
(1) Staff
uses the minimal degree of force necessary to maintain the custody, control,
safety, and security of the facility, juvenile, or situation.
(2) The use of physical force is restricted
to instances of:
(A) self-protection from
imminent threat of harm;
(B)
protection of others from imminent threat of harm;
(C) prevention of self-inflicted
injury;
(D) protection of property;
and
(E) prevention of escapes; and
then only the amount of force necessary to regain or maintain control is used
and only as a last resort.
(3) Facility staff shall receive regular
training in the areas of:
(A) conflict
resolution;
(B) deescalation;
and
(C) crisis intervention; to
ensure staff has the necessary skills to reduce the need for the use of
physical force.
(4)
Facility staff receive regular training on the approved use of physical force
techniques to ensure appropriate application.
(5) For all use of physical force incidents,
on-duty staff shall ensure that health care staff are contacted as soon as
possible so that the juvenile's physical and emotional condition can be
assessed and any injuries treated. If health care staff are not on-duty at the
time of the use of physical force, health trained, on-duty staff shall:
(A) contact the on-call health care staff as
soon as possible following the use of force; and
(B) provide the health care staff with
detailed information regarding any injuries or complaints by the
juvenile.
(6) Health
care staff shall assess the juvenile's injuries or complaints, or both, and
determine whether the juvenile needs to been seen immediately or can be seen
during the next scheduled sick call. In the event that a juvenile is injured
and contact cannot be made with health care staff, on-duty staff will follow
established procedures to obtain necessary medical evaluation and
treatment.
(7) A written report is
prepared following all uses of physical force by each staff involved in the
incident, prior to the end of the shift, and submitted to the facility
administrator for review.
(b) This is a mandatory standard.
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