A forensic patient is someone who is in custody of which entity?

• A. Private security contractor
• B. Law enforcement or corrections custody
• C. Immigration authorities
• D. Hospital administration

Answer: (B)

In hospital security, a forensic patient is someone who remains under the legal custody of law enforcement or corrections while receiving treatment. The defining factor is that the person’s custody is tied to a criminal justice process—they are held or supervised by a law enforcement or corrections agency during hospital care. This arrangement governs how the patient can be moved, restrained if necessary, and monitored, and it requires coordination between the hospital and the agency to maintain safety and legal compliance.

The other possibilities don’t fit because private security contractors don’t have official legal custody authority in a criminal justice sense; immigration authorities handle detention under immigration law but that’s a different framework from forensic custody; hospital administration oversees care but does not hold the patient under law enforcement or corrections control.