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penal institution

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A guard or other law enforcement officer is justified in the use of any force that [he] [she] reasonably believes to be necessary to prevent an escape from a penal institution of a person the officer reasonably believes is lawfully detained.
Combs was arrested on a warrant charging him with being an escapee from a penal institution.
The suggestion that families of the deceased should automatically be given a copy of Inquest's information pack is part of prison service protocol, but not every penal institution follows the rule.
 
 
 
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