SOP_NUMBER: 125-3-2-.12
TITLE: Use of Certain Restraints
DIVISION: Board of Corrections
TOPIC_AREA: 125-3: Institutional and Center Operations — DISCIPLINE
EFFECTIVE_DATE: 1997-10-28
WORD_COUNT: 127
URL: https://gps.press/sop-data/125-3-2-.12/

SUMMARY:
Handcuffs, leg chains, waist chains, and waist belts may be utilized in transferring violent or potentially dangerous inmates within a prison or between facilities. These same restraints may also be used in securing violent or potentially dangerous inmates in public and private areas such as hospitals and clinics.

KEY_TOPICS: Discipline, Institutional and Center Operations

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Handcuffs, leg chains, waist chains, and waist belts may be utilized in transferring violent or potentially dangerous inmates within a prison or between facilities. These same restraints may also be used in securing violent or potentially dangerous inmates in public and private areas such as hospitals and clinics.

Cite as Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 125-3-2-.12

Authority: Ga. Constitution 1983, Art IX, Sec. I, O.C.G.A. Secs. 34-9-15 , 42-2-4 , 42-2-11 , 42-5-51 to 42-5-53 , 42-5-55 , 42-5-58 , 42-5-59 , 42-10-2 .

History. Original Rule entitled "Use of Certain Restraints" adopted as R. 415-3-2-.12. F. Nov. 14, 1984; eff. Dec. 4, 1984, renumbered as R. 125-3-2-.12. F. June 28, 1985; eff. July 20, 1985, as specified by the Agency.

Amended: F. Oct. 8, 1997; eff. Oct. 28, 1997.