Correctional facilities; prohibited acts, use of canines by officers.

Use of canines in correctional facilities; prohibitedacts. Makes it unlawful for any correctional officer, jail officer,or other employee of a state, local, or juvenile correctional facilityto use a canine, except where there is an imminent threat of deathor serious bodily injury to any prisoner or detained juvenile orany officer or employee of the facility, to extract a prisoner ordetained juvenile from his cell or to intervene in an altercation,fight, or other incident between prisoners or detained juveniles.The bill requires that all incidents involving the use of a caninebe reported to a database established by the Department of Correctionsor the Department of Juvenile Justice, as applicable, and that suchreports be made available to the public and include the name of thefacility, the name of the canine, and the name of the canine's handler.The bill also requires that the Department of Corrections or the Departmentof Juvenile Justice, as applicable, make public any policies relatingto the use of canines, training requirements for both canines andhandlers, and the supervision of the officers or employees who arepermitted to handle such canines.