TITLE 20: CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER IX: DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
SUBCHAPTER d: OPERATIONS
PART 2501 SECURITY
SECTION 2501.20 DEFINITIONS


 

Section 2501.20  Definitions

 

a)         "Force" means physical contact used to coerce or prevent some action on the part of a committed youth, and the use of chemical agents.

 

b)         "Deadly force" means force which is likely to cause death or great bodily harm, including the firing of weapons at or near a committed youth.

 

c)         "Corporal punishment" means physical contact intended to inflict pain for purposes of punishment.