20.27.235    USE OF FORCE, RESTRAINTS, AND CHEMICAL AGENTS

(1) The facility must have use of force, use of restraints, and use of chemical agent policies that are approved by the department.

(2) The facility must have written policy and procedure governing the use of firearms which is approved by the department.

(3) Facility policy must provide that instruments of restraint such as handcuffs, leg irons or belly chains are never applied as punishment.

(4) Facility policy must provide that 4-point restraint is only applied with the approval of the warden.

History: 53-30-604, MCA; IMP, 53-30-604, MCA; NEW, 1999 MAR p. 2629, Eff. 9/10/99.