Use of Force by Staff Sample Clauses

Use of Force by Staff a. LCJ shall develop and maintain comprehensive and contemporary policies and procedures surrounding the use of force and with particular emphasis regarding permissible and impermissible use of force. b. LCJ shall address the following impermissible uses of force in its use of force policy and in the pre-service and in-service training programs for correctional officers and supervisors: (1) use of force as an initial response to verbal insults or inmate threats; (2) use of force as a response to inmates’ failure to follow instructions where there is no immediate threat to the safety of the institution, inmates, or staff, unless LCJ has attempted a hierarchy of nonphysical alternatives that are documented;
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Use of Force by Staff a. LCJ shall develop and maintain comprehensive and contemporary policies and procedures surrounding the use of force and with particular emphasis regarding permissible and impermissible use of force. b. LCJ shall address the following impermissible uses of force in its use of force policy and in the pre-service and in-service training programs for correctional officers and supervisors: (1) use of force as an initial response to verbal insults or inmate threats; (2) use of force as a response to inmates’ failure to follow instructions where there is no immediate threat to the safety of the institution, inmates, or staff, unless LCJ has attempted a hierarchy of nonphysical alternatives that are documented; (3) use of force as punishment or retaliation; (4) striking, hitting, or punching a restrained inmate; (5) use of force against an inmate after the inmate has ceased to offer resistance and is under control; (6) use of choke holds on an inmate; and (7) use of unnecessary or excessive force. c. LCJ shall develop and implement a policy to ensure that staff adequately and promptly report all uses of force. d. LCJ shall ensure that use of force reports will: (1) be written in specific terms in order to capture the details of the incident; (2) contain an accurate account of the events leading to the use of force incident; (3) include a description of the weapon or instrument(s) of restraint, if any, and the manner in which it was used; (4) be accompanied with the inmate disciplinary report that prompted the use of force incident, if applicable; (5) state the nature and extent of injuries sustained both by the inmate and staff member; (6) contain the date and time medical attention was actually provided; (7) describe, in factual terms, the type and amount of force used and precise actions taken in a particular incident and avoid use of “boiler plate” descriptions for describing force, such as, “inmate taken to the ground with the force that was necessary;” and (8) note whether a use of force was videotaped. If the use of force is not videotaped, the reporting correctional officer and supervisor will provide an explanation as to why it was not videotaped. e. LCJ shall require prompt administrative review of use of force reports. Such reviews shall include case-by-case review of individual incidents of use of force as well as more systemic review in order to identify patterns of incidents. LCJ shall incorporate such information into quality management practices a...
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