SCDC BASIC WEEK 2 EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Define use of force - Answer Any physical contact with an inmate, or application of
chemical munitions, mechanical security restraints, batons, or any speciality impact
munitions to modify inmate behavior or anticipated behavior.
Identify the circumstances in which an officer can use Use of Force - Answer Requires a
reasonably percieved threat
Assault or attempts to assault another individual
Attempts Suicide
Inflicts injury
Becomes violent
Attempts escape or escape
Attempts to destroy or destroy property
Refuses to obey order
Conflict resolution - Answer Staff will use any reasonable action to prevent or resolve
each situation that may cause conflict, confrontation, or violence
What is the use of force continuum? - Answer Graph that illustrates appropriate officer
response for a specific levrl of subject resistance. It is a mesure of reasonablenedd of
the officers sctions based on the inmates behavioral responses
Levels of Resistance - Answer psychological intimidation, verbal noncompliance,
passive resistance, defensive resistance, active aggression and deadly force assault
Levels of Control - Answer Officer presence, verbal direction, empty hand control( soft,
hard hands), immediste weapon control, deadly force actions
Variables that limit or expand officers use of force - Answer Officer size and gender,
environmental conditions, totality of circumstances, reaction time, level of training,
availability of weapons, TIME, PLACE, AND DISTANCE
Force is excessive if: - Answer Its cintinued after compliance or submission
Force used is greater than necessary
Force is used as punishment
, No force is necessary
Actions that constitute corporal punishment - Answer An expressed intent on the part of
correctional officials to punish
No rational connection between the restriction and the purposes for the restriction
other than punishment
Where the other purpose is excessive in relation to the non punitive reason given for the
rule
How do you tell the difference between legitimate use of force and corporal
punishment? - Answer use of chemical agents, batons or other intermediate weapons to
control, contain or suppress a serious disturbance or a threatened riot or to prevent
prisoners from doing bodily harm to an officer or another inmate is not corporal
punishment.
Instruments of restraint will only be used by staff to protect the safety and security of
the inmates, public, employees, and others
Isolation, solitary confinement or punitive segregation has not been declared
unconstitutional
Define corporal punishment as stated in SCDC Policy OP-22.15 - Answer Any form of
physical punishment that can be considered cruel and unusual such as, but not limited
to: flogging beating with fists or clubs, spraying with a stream of water, strapping,
stringing up by the race, exposing an individual to extreme temperatures of hot or cold,
handcuffing in individual to a cell door or pulse with the exception of one wrist or ankle
to a bed rail when in a community hospital,.
Define immediate use of force - Answer The form used to respond without delay to
inmate behavior that constitutes an eminent threat to institutional security or the safety
of persons.
Define planned use of forces - Answer Extraction and non-extraction
Non-conventional use of force - Answer force that utilizes techniques or instruments
that are not specifically authorized in policy procedures and or training ex)emergency
weapon such as chair or extinguisher
Extraction planned use of force - Answer Used in an incident anytime a use of force
team or impact munitions are required.
Define non-conventional use of force - Answer Used in an incident where there exists no
exigent or imminent danger to the inmate.
every planned use a force will be videotaped - Answer True
Define Lethal Force - Answer Physical contact that does not carry a substantial risk of
STUDY GUIDE
Define use of force - Answer Any physical contact with an inmate, or application of
chemical munitions, mechanical security restraints, batons, or any speciality impact
munitions to modify inmate behavior or anticipated behavior.
Identify the circumstances in which an officer can use Use of Force - Answer Requires a
reasonably percieved threat
Assault or attempts to assault another individual
Attempts Suicide
Inflicts injury
Becomes violent
Attempts escape or escape
Attempts to destroy or destroy property
Refuses to obey order
Conflict resolution - Answer Staff will use any reasonable action to prevent or resolve
each situation that may cause conflict, confrontation, or violence
What is the use of force continuum? - Answer Graph that illustrates appropriate officer
response for a specific levrl of subject resistance. It is a mesure of reasonablenedd of
the officers sctions based on the inmates behavioral responses
Levels of Resistance - Answer psychological intimidation, verbal noncompliance,
passive resistance, defensive resistance, active aggression and deadly force assault
Levels of Control - Answer Officer presence, verbal direction, empty hand control( soft,
hard hands), immediste weapon control, deadly force actions
Variables that limit or expand officers use of force - Answer Officer size and gender,
environmental conditions, totality of circumstances, reaction time, level of training,
availability of weapons, TIME, PLACE, AND DISTANCE
Force is excessive if: - Answer Its cintinued after compliance or submission
Force used is greater than necessary
Force is used as punishment
, No force is necessary
Actions that constitute corporal punishment - Answer An expressed intent on the part of
correctional officials to punish
No rational connection between the restriction and the purposes for the restriction
other than punishment
Where the other purpose is excessive in relation to the non punitive reason given for the
rule
How do you tell the difference between legitimate use of force and corporal
punishment? - Answer use of chemical agents, batons or other intermediate weapons to
control, contain or suppress a serious disturbance or a threatened riot or to prevent
prisoners from doing bodily harm to an officer or another inmate is not corporal
punishment.
Instruments of restraint will only be used by staff to protect the safety and security of
the inmates, public, employees, and others
Isolation, solitary confinement or punitive segregation has not been declared
unconstitutional
Define corporal punishment as stated in SCDC Policy OP-22.15 - Answer Any form of
physical punishment that can be considered cruel and unusual such as, but not limited
to: flogging beating with fists or clubs, spraying with a stream of water, strapping,
stringing up by the race, exposing an individual to extreme temperatures of hot or cold,
handcuffing in individual to a cell door or pulse with the exception of one wrist or ankle
to a bed rail when in a community hospital,.
Define immediate use of force - Answer The form used to respond without delay to
inmate behavior that constitutes an eminent threat to institutional security or the safety
of persons.
Define planned use of forces - Answer Extraction and non-extraction
Non-conventional use of force - Answer force that utilizes techniques or instruments
that are not specifically authorized in policy procedures and or training ex)emergency
weapon such as chair or extinguisher
Extraction planned use of force - Answer Used in an incident anytime a use of force
team or impact munitions are required.
Define non-conventional use of force - Answer Used in an incident where there exists no
exigent or imminent danger to the inmate.
every planned use a force will be videotaped - Answer True
Define Lethal Force - Answer Physical contact that does not carry a substantial risk of
