Use-of-force policies establish the standards, circumstances, and proportionality requirements for when government personnel may use physical force, chemical agents, or other coercive methods against detainees or members of the public. In the detention context, ICE has national detention standards that govern when guards may use physical force, pepper spray, tasers, and other chemical agents, and those standards require incident reports for each use. Detention centers operated by private contractors like CoreCivic are supposed to follow these ICE standards. Courts and oversight bodies can review whether use-of-force incidents complied with the standards in effect at the time. Use-of-force data is one of the primary ways advocates and watchdogs track conditions inside detention facilities, which is why changes to the transparency and length of incident reports matter.