Article 31. Special means
On the procedure for serving administrative detention (LRU-420-son) · Date: 09.01.2017 · In force
Special means may be used to suppress unlawful acts of persons subjected to administrative detention and to prevent self-harm.
Special means include restraining garments, rubber batons, handcuffs or other restraining devices, tear agents, devices producing distracting light and sound effects, devices for opening rooms, and other means provided by law.
Special means shall be used in the following cases:
repelling attacks by persons subjected to administrative detention against staff of the special reception facility, against other persons subjected to administrative detention, or against third parties;
suppressing mass disorders and group violations of public order committed by persons subjected to administrative detention;
apprehending offenders who stubbornly refuse to obey or resist staff of the special reception facility;
apprehending persons subjected to administrative detention who have escaped from the special reception facility;
guarding persons subjected to administrative detention in order to prevent their escape from the special reception facility.
Where persons subjected to administrative detention experience fits, the use of a restraining garment shall be permitted.
The types and sequence of use of special means shall be determined taking into account the situation that has arisen, the nature of the offence and the offenderʼs identity. The use of special means shall cause the least possible harm to persons subjected to administrative detention and to other persons.
A restraining garment shall be used with the participation of a medical worker of the special reception facility and its duration shall not exceed two hours.
It shall be prohibited to use special means against women and persons with visibly apparent disabilities, except in cases of active or armed resistance by them or in cases of group attacks that pose a real threat to the life and health of other persons subjected to administrative detention, of third parties, or of staff of the special reception facility.