Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Corrections
Chapter DOC 394 - Type 2 Child Caring Institutions
Section DOC 394.10 - Mechanical restraints
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง DOC 394.10
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) GENERAL. Trained staff may use mechanical restraints only in accordance with this section.
(2) REASONS FOR USING MECHANICAL RESTRAINTS. Mechanical restraints may be used for any of the following purposes:
(a) To stop a type 2 status youth in the act
of escaping.
(b) To transport a
type 2 status youth who has escaped and been apprehended.
(c) To temporarily restrain a type 2 status
youth in the type 2 CCI until the youth can be transported to a secure
detention facility, a mental health or medical facility or a type 1 secured
correctional facility.
(3) LIMITATIONS ON USE. Mechanical restraints may not be used in any of the following ways:
(a) As a method of punishment.
(b) About the head or neck of a
youth.
(c) In a way that causes
undue physical discomfort, inflicts physical pain or restricts the blood
circulation or breathing of a youth.
(d) To secure a youth to a motor
vehicle.
(4) MECHANICAL RESTRAINT PROCEDURES.
(a)
Custody and
transportation. When trained staff place a type 2 status youth in
mechanical restraints to take the youth into custody and transport the youth
after an escape or an attempted escape, staff shall promptly transport the
youth to a detention facility, a mental health or medical facility or a type 1
secured correctional facility.
(b)
Observation. Staff shall remain with a type 2 status youth
placed in mechanical restraints at all times until the restraints are removed
or until the youth is admitted to a place of secure confinement or is taken
into custody by law enforcement authorities.
(c)
Services and privileges.
A type 2 status youth shall be released from mechanical restraints to perform
bodily functions and for meals, unless it is unsafe to do so. When it is unsafe
to release a youth from restraints, a person shall feed the youth and a person
of the same gender shall assist the youth to perform necessary bodily
functions.
(d)
Check for
injury. When staff use mechanical restraints, the type 2 status youth
shall be checked for injury as soon as the restraints are removed. If the youth
has been injured, staff shall immediately seek appropriate medical treatment
for the youth. A supervisor shall be notified immediately of any injury to a
youth.
(e)
Record.
When staff use mechanical restraints to take a type 2 status youth into
physical custody, staff shall promptly notify a supervisor. The type 2 CCI
shall promptly notify the department and the county department having
supervision over the youth, but no later than 24 hours after the occurrence. A
written report describing the incident shall be submitted by staff to a
supervisor within 24 hours and included in the youth's file. The type 2 CCI
shall send a copy of the written report to the department or county department
and to the appropriate regional licensing office of the department of health
and family services within 3 days of the incident. The report shall include all
of the following:
1. The youth's full name,
date, time and place the youth was placed in mechanical restraints.
2. The name of staff who placed the youth in
restraints.
3. All relevant facts
related to the incident that required the use of restraints.
4. The reason for placing the youth in
restraints and a description of the restraints used.
5. A statement indicating when and under what
circumstances the restraints were removed.
(5) EQUIPMENT. Staff shall only use mechanical restraints approved by the department. Staff shall examine the supply of mechanical restraints at least every 6 months. Any mechanical restraints which are excessively worn or which become defective through use shall be delivered to a supervisor to be destroyed.
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