28 CFR § 97.12 - Employee training.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s97.12"
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title: "28 CFR § 97.12 - Employee training."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "97.12"
section_name: "Employee training."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR PRIVATE ENTITIES PROVIDING PRISONER OR DETAINEE SERVICES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Pub. L. 106-560, 114 Stat. 2784 (42 U.S.C. 13726b)."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 2640-2002, 67 FR 78710, Dec. 26, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
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# 97.12 Employee training.

Private prisoner transport companies must require the completion of a minimum of 100 hours of employee training before an employee may transport violent prisoners. Training must include instruction in each of these six areas:

(a) Use of restraints;

(b) Searches of prisoners;

(c) Use of force, including use of appropriate weapons and firearms;

(d) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR);

(e) Map reading; and

(f) Defensive driving.