{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-276.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 24-276.03","heading":"Reporting requirements.","body":"(a)\n(1)\nWithin 10 days after the Administrator authorizes the use of restraints pursuant to § 24-276.02(b), § 24-276.02(c), or § 24-276.02(d), the Administrator shall submit a written statement to the Director of the Department of Corrections in the case of confined [persons] explaining the extraordinary circumstances and the reasons the use of restraints were necessary.\n(2)\nThe written statement must not include personal identifying information of the confined person on whom restraints were used.\n\n(b)\nBeginning January 1, 2016, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Department of Corrections shall submit to the Council Secretary and to the Council chairperson with oversight jurisdiction over the Department a report containing, at a minimum, the following:\n(1)\nThe number of pregnant persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections during the reporting period;\n(2)\nThe number of pregnant persons on whom restraints that were not the least restrictive means necessary were used;\n(3)\nThe number of times restraints were used on each pregnant person;\n(4)\nFor each use of restraints on a pregnant person, the duration of time that restraints were used; and\n(5)\nFor each use of restraints on a pregnant person, whether restraints were used because of:\n(A)\nRisk of flight;\n(B)\nRisk of injury to the pregnant person; or\n(C)\nRisk of injury to other persons.","path":["Title 24. Prisoners and Their Treatment.","Chapter 2. Prisons and Prisoners.","Subchapter VIII-A. Limitations on the Use of Restraints on Certain Confined Women [Persons]."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/24-276.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e5d2d986f846de3c636cf2c3c9edb6fbe5749d88dd406f36c9197bed383224f4","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-276.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-276.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}