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(c) Youth are not permitted to handle or utilize keys assigned to staff.
(d) Keys issued to youth shall be inventoried when issued and returned.
(2) Weapons control.
(a) The facility shall establish protocols for the introduction, availability, inventory, and storage of other security control devices and specify the level of authority required for access and use.
(b) Firearms, electronic control devices, and chemical agents are not permitted in the facility except when brought in by law enforcement in emergency situations.
(3) Tool control. Tool control shall include the introduction, use, storage, and inventory of all tools brought into the facility or stored on-site.
(4) Searches.
(a) Youth.
1. Searches shall not be conducted as a form of harassment, punishment, or discipline.
2. Searches of youth, except in exigent circumstances, shall be conducted by a staff member of the same gender as the youth. The facility’s transgender protocol must be followed for youth when this applies.
3. Body cavity searches shall be conducted by a qualified health care professional.
4. The facility shall document the reason for all youth strip, body cavity, and cross-gender pat down searches and any items discovered through the search.
5. All youth strip, body cavity, and cross-gender pat down searches shall require the documented approval of a supervisor or designee.
(b) Visitors. The facility shall develop protocols for the searching of visitors and their possessions.
(c) Facility. At a minimum, monthly facility searches of all youth accessible areas shall be conducted and documented to control the existence of contraband.
(5) Door and lock inspections. Monthly inspections shall be conducted and documented to determine if all facility doors and locks within and to the secure perimeter of the facility are in good working order.
(6) Facility repair. Any damage to the facility that compromises safety or security shall be promptly and securely repaired.
History: CR 20-030: cr. Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21.
DOC 347.48 Observation of youth.
(1) A youth may be placed in their room only for any of the following purposes:
(a) Sleeping purposes.
(b) Healthcare reasons.
(c) Upon a voluntary request.
(d) To maintain the safety and security of other youth, staff, and the facility during an emergency situation.
(e) Administrative confinement.
(2) The facility shall have a system for providing wellness checks of youth. All youth shall be personally observed by facility security staff at staggered intervals not to exceed any of the following:
(a) Thirty minutes for youth in the general population.
(b) Fifteen minutes for any of the following:
1. Youth on a suicide or self-harm watch.
2. Youth in administrative confinement.
3. Youth in a receiving room or holding room.
4. Youth voluntarily requests.
(3) Each wellness check shall be documented.
(4) A video monitoring system may be used to supplement but not replace personal observations.
(5) Staff shall provide direct continuous personal observation when a youth is mechanically restrained.
(6) The facility shall conduct and document formal physical counts of youth at least 3 times per day, with a minimum of one count per shift.
(7) The facility shall ensure there is no physical or visual contact between youth and adult inmates.
(8) The facility shall ensure there is no sustained sound contact between youth and adult inmates.
History: CR 20-030: cr. Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21.
DOC 347.49 Administrative confinement.
(1) Administrative confinement may only be used for a youth who poses a serious risk of imminent physical harm to others or facility security.
(2) The facility shall designate on-site supervisory staff who may initiate administrative confinement and remove youth from administrative confinement.
(3) If at any point the youth no longer poses a risk of imminent physical harm, the youth must be immediately returned to general population.
(4) An initial period of administrative confinement may not exceed 4 hours for a youth posing a risk of imminent physical harm to others.
(5) Administrative confinement may be extended 4 hours with one additional 4-hour extension thereafter (for a total of up to 12 hours) if all of the following occur:
(a) A qualified mental health professional recommends continued confinement because the youth poses a risk of imminent physical harm to others.
(b) A plan is commenced to either promptly return the youth to general population or transfer the youth to another facility.
(6) Administrative confinement time limits may be tolled from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.
(7) Administrative confinement may only be used beyond 24 hours to effectuate transfer of the youth to another facility under a commenced plan.
(8) The facility shall notify the following individuals of an administrative confinement placement as soon as practicable:
(a) A qualified mental health professional.
(b) A qualified health care professional.
(c) Affected facility staff.
(d) The youth’s parent or guardian.
(e) The county or tribe of placement.
(9) The facility shall document all actions and decisions regarding youth in administrative confinement to include all of the following:
(a) Date, time, and name of supervisor making placement.
(b) Reason placement is initiated or extended.
(c) Date, time, names of individuals notified, and method of notification to the individuals in sub. (8).
(d) Date, time, reason, and name of qualified mental health professional extending the placement.
(e) Date, time, and name of supervisor removing placement.
History: CR 20-030: cr. Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21.
DOC 347.50 Use of force.
(1) General provisions.
(a) Physical force may be used as a last resort and in accordance with appropriate statutory authority.
(b) Staff may only use the amount of force reasonably necessary to achieve the objective for which force is used.
(c) Staff shall only use physical force by employing the least restrictive appropriate means and only for the amount of time necessary to bring the situation under control.
(d) Using physical force for punishment, discipline, retaliation, or as a substitute for treatment is prohibited.
(2) Incident reporting.
(a) Any staff member who uses force or witnesses a use of force shall submit a written report describing the incident to their supervisor for review. The report shall include all known relevant facts and be submitted by the end of the shift.
(b) A supervisor shall review and document all use of force incidents.
(c) The facility shall conduct and document a multi-disciplinary operational review following a use of force.
(d) Facility procedures shall address the role, notification, and follow-up of qualified health care and mental health professionals following use of force incidents.
History: CR 20-030: cr. Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21.
DOC 347.51 Use of mechanical restraints.
(1) Youth may never be restrained to a fixed object, unless specifically ordered by a qualified mental health professional to attempt to prevent active self-harm.
(2) Mechanical restraints may only be applied to youth if staff determine that they are the least restrictive means of addressing an imminent threat of physical harm to self or others or damage to property.
(3) Mechanical restraints must be removed immediately upon the youth regaining composure and when the threat of harm or the safety concern has abated.
(4) Mechanical restraints may never be used as punishment.
(5) A youth may be placed in the least restrictive mechanical restraints when leaving the secure perimeter of the facility to prevent harm to youth or staff.
(6) Except under circumstances described in sub. (5), the incident reporting procedure outlined in s. DOC 347.50 (2) shall apply if a youth is mechanically restrained.
(7) A staff person shall be assigned to monitor a youth who is placed in mechanical restraints and shall remain in continuous auditory and visual contact with the youth. Observations of the youth’s behavior and any staff interventions shall be documented at least once every 15 minutes, with the actual time of the observation or intervention recorded.
History: CR 20-030: cr. Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21.
DOC 347.52 Fire safety and emergency preparedness.
(1) The facility shall comply with applicable federal, state, and local fire safety codes.
(2) The facility shall have and shall properly maintain self-contained breathing apparatuses and fire extinguishers sufficient to support the need of the facility as determined by the local fire department. The facility shall place the equipment in accordance with the advice of the local fire department.
(3) The facility shall maintain a record of all fire inspections conducted as required under sub. (1).
(4) Staff shall conduct and document monthly fire safety inspections of the facility.
(5) The facility shall have the means to evacuate youth in the event of fire or other emergency.
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