Section 501.110  Movement of Committed Persons

a)         Handcuffs, security belts and/or leg irons may be used to restrain any committed person when:

1)         A person confined pending investigation or in disciplinary segregation is moved within the facility,

2)         A committed person is transported outside the facility, or

3)         Determined by the Chief Administrative Officer to be necessary to security.

b)         Committed persons who are transported on writs shall not be permitted visits without the permission of the Chief Administrative Officer and the jurisdiction to which the person is transported.  Visits of committed persons hospitalized in the community may be restricted to the immediate family and shall be subject to the general visiting policies of the hospital.

c)         A committed person shall be accompanied by at least one correctional employee of the same sex, to the extent possible, while being transported outside a correctional facility, except in cases of an emergency or as otherwise provided in 20 Ill. Adm. Code:  Chapter I.  This paragraph does not apply to the Community Services Division except when transporting parole or community correctional center violators.

(Source:  Amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 14697, effective September 1, 1987)