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Use of Force

73. (1) Where a person suffers an injury or death in a penitentiary as a result of the use of force, any staff member who has knowledge of the incident shall immediately call health care staff to the scene and notify the institutional head or a staff member designated by the institutional head.

    (2) Where the institutional head or staff member designated by the institutional head is notified pursuant to subsection (1) of a serious injury or a death, the institutional head or staff member shall, as soon as practicable,

 (a)

notify the head of the region and the appropriate police department; and

 (b)

submit a report to the regional head that details all of the circumstances that led to the injury or death.