DOC 393.06(6)(a)(a) After staff use force to control a youth, the youth and any involved staff shall immediately be checked for injury. If the youth or staff have been injured, the staff shall immediately seek appropriate medical treatment of any injury to the youth or staff. A supervisor shall be notified immediately of any injury to the youth or staff.

DOC 393.06(6)(b)(b) When force is used against a youth, all staff who observed or were involved in the incident, shall submit a written record to a supervisor within 24 hours of the incident. The record shall describe the use of force and be placed in the youth’s file. The record shall include all of the following:

DOC 393.06(6)(b)1.1. The youth’s full name and the date, time and place force was used against the youth.

DOC 393.07(1)(1) General. Staff may use mechanical restraints to control the behavior of a youth or transport a youth in accordance with this section.

DOC 393.07(2)(2) Reasons for using mechanical Restraints. Mechanical restraints may be used for any of the following purposes:

DOC 393.07(2)(a)(a) To take a youth into custody

DOC 393.07(2)(b)(b) To transport a youth

DOC 393.07(2)(c)(c) To prevent death or bodily injury to oneself or another

DOC 393.07(2)(d)(d) To prevent unlawful damage to property

DOC 393.07(2)(e)(e) To change the physical location of a youth

DOC 393.07(2)(f)(f) To prevent a youth from escaping

DOC 393.07(3)(3) Limitations on use. Mechanical restraints may not be used in any of the following ways:

DOC 393.07(3)(a)(a) As a method of punishment

DOC 393.07(3)(b)(b) About the head or neck of a youth

DOC 393.07(3)(c)(c) In a way that causes undue physical discomfort, inflicts physical pain or restricts the blood circulation or breathing of a youth

DOC 393.07(3)(d)(d) To secure a youth to a motor vehicle

DOC 393.07(4)(a)(a) Custody and transportation. When staff place a youth in mechanical restraints to take the youth into custody and transport the youth, staff shall promptly transport the youth to a detention facility, a mental health or medical facility or a type 1 secured correctional facility.

DOC 393.07(4)(b)(b) Behavior control. When staff place a youth in mechanical restraints to control the youth’s behavior under sub. (2) (c), (d), (e) or (f), staff shall remove the restraints as soon as staff believe the restraints are no longer necessary to control the youth’s behavior. Restraints shall be used at all times while the youth is being transported in a secure manner under sub. (2) (b).

DOC 393.07(4)(c)(c) Observation. Staff shall observe a youth placed in mechanical restraints at least once every 15 minutes until the restraints are removed or until the youth’s admission to a place of secure confinement or into custody. Staff shall maintain a written record of the observations including the date and times staff observed the youth, name of the person making the observation, and comments on the youth’s condition and behavior while in restraints.

DOC 393.07(4)(d)(d) Services and privileges. A youth shall be released from mechanical restraints to perform bodily functions and for meals, unless it is unsafe to do so or the youth is being transported in a secure manner. When it is unsafe to release a youth from restraints, a person shall feed the youth and a person of the same gender shall assist the youth to perform necessary bodily functions.

DOC 393.07(4)(e)(e) Check for injury. When staff use mechanical restraints, the youth shall be checked for injury as soon as the restraints are removed. If the youth has been injured, staff shall immediately seek appropriate medical treatment for the youth. A supervisor shall be notified immediately of any injury to a youth.

DOC 393.07(4)(f)(f) Record. When staff use mechanical restraints to control a youth’s behavior under sub. (2) (c), (d), (e) or (f), a supervisor shall be notified as soon as possible. Staff shall submit to a supervisor a written report describing the incident within 24 hours and include in the youth’s file. The report shall include all of the following: