Number 09-02
Effective September 9, 2009
RESTRAINT DEVICES AND JUVENILE OFFENDERS
PURPOSE
This directive provides Court Services Division personnel with procedures to follow
when securing juvenile detainees in restraint devices.
BACKGROUND
Juvenile detainees have customarily been transported to Superior Court lockups while
restrained in waist chains by personnel from the Los Angeles County Probation
Department or deputies assigned to C.S.T. (Transportation Bureau). Until now, policy
within Court Services Division has not specifically addressed how juvenile detainees
would be restrained after acceptance at a court lockup facility.
POLICY
Juveniles shall be accepted into a court lockup facility in accordance with established
policies and procedures for court processing. They shall also be searched for
contraband before the removal of restraint devices such as waist chains. Juveniles
shall be secured in appropriate cells in accordance with their individual classification or
keep-away status.
Juveniles shall not be restrained with handcuffs, waist chains or other CSD approved
restraint devices after placement in a holding cell unless articulable facts exist to
support the specific need for such restraint. Immediate notification shall be made to a
branch supervisor of the rank of sergeant or above in cases where the necessity exists
for the continued restraint of a juvenile in a court lockup. The specific justification for
the use of restraints and the time the restraints were added and removed shall be
documented in the Daily Facility Lockup log.
Juveniles should be secured with handcuffs or waist chains prior to removing them from
holding cells. Restraint devices can be removed, as reasonably necessary, once a
juvenile appears in court.
CSD DIRECTIVE 09-02 SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
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Juveniles shall be secured with waist chains prior to transport from a court lockup to
juvenile hall.
APPROVED: ORIGINAL SIGNED
RICHARD J. BARRANTES, CHIEF
COURT SERVICES DIVISION