District Of Columbia § 24-261.01 - Rules.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 24-261.01 — Rules., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 24-261.01. Rules.
24-261.01For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
“CTF” means the Correctional Treatment Facility.
“Deadly force” means force which would likely cause death or serious bodily injury.
“Non-deadly force” means force that normally would neither cause death nor serious bodily injury.
“Private correctional officer” means any full-time or part-time employee of the private operator of the Correctional Treatment Facility or any other privately-operated prison facility housing inmates in the District of Columbia for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or the subcontractor of any private operator housing inmates in the District of Columbia for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons, whose primary responsibility is the supervision, protection, care, and control of inmates assigned to the Correctional Treatment Facility or any other privately-operated prison facility in the District of Columbia.
“Private operator” means any individual, partnership, corporation, or incorporated association bound by contract with the District of Columbia or the United States to operate the Correctional Treatment Facility or any other prison facility housing inmates in the District of Columbia for the District of Columbia Department of Corrections or the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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