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Policies and Resolutions

F. Maintain professionally appropriate record-keeping of the treatment, services and programs provided; G. Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of treatment, services and programs pro vided; and H. Provide leadership and advocacy for legislative and public support to obtain the resources needed to provide effective substance use disorder services. This Public Correctional Policy was ratified by the American Correctional Association Delegate Assembly at the Winter Conference in 1992. It was last reviewed and af firmed at the 152 nd Congress of Correction in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 7, 2022. PUBLIC CORRECTIONAL POLICY ON USE OF RESTRAINTS WITH PREGNANT OFFENDERS 2012-1 Introduction: The American Correctional Association has the following policy guidelines for the use of restraints with pregnant offenders. While the safety and security of the public, staff, the institution and offenders must be considered in this process, the well-being of the unborn fetus/child is paramount when considering policies. Policy Statement: Female offenders should be restrained in the

B. The medical staff’s determination that restraints are medically necessary and ap propriate; and C. The correctional and medical staff’s determination that there are significant documentable reasons that the offender poses an immediate and serious risk of harm to the unborn fetus/child, the offend er, staff and others, including the public, in the vicinity. D. If wrist restraints are used on an offender who is known to be pregnant, they should be applied in the front so that the offender is able to protect herself in the event of a forward fall. E. Waist restraints should not be used during pregnancy at any time. Leg re straints should be used only in extreme circumstances and never during labor and delivery. Electronic restraint devices should not be used during pregnancy, labor and delivery. This policy was unanimously ratified by the American Correctional Association Delegate Assembly at the 147 th Congress of Correction in St. Louis, Missouri on August 22, 2017. It was last reviewed and affirmed at the 152 nd Congress of Correction in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 7, 2022. PUBLIC CORRECTIONAL POLICY ON RESTRICTIVE HOUSING IN ADULT LOCAL DETENTION AND CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES 2016-2 Introduction: Correctional agencies are responsible for hous ing offenders in safe and secure facilities. It is the responsibility of staff at those facilities to maintain public and institutional safety. To achieve this goal, it may be necessary for correctional staff to place certain offenders who are a threat to others into restrictive housing status.

152 ND CONGRESS OF CORRECTION least restrictive method possible when it is reason ably known that they are pregnant to provide for safety of the unborn fetus/child and the offender. Consideration for the use of restraints should be based on the following: A. The chief administrator’s and/or his/her

designee’s determination that the offender poses a substantial risk of escape that cannot be reasonably managed with other methods;

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