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Rutherford County juvenile board narrows detainee internet use, requires staff incident reports
Summary
The Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center board approved revised Standard Operating Procedures restricting internet access for youth to assigned educational tasks and requiring staff to save evidence and document incidents; the change takes effect Feb. 25.
The Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center board approved revised language to its standard operating procedures to limit detained youths’ internet access and require staff to document violations.
The change, approved by the board after a short presentation, states that “youth may only access the Internet for their individually assigned educational tasks,” and requires staff to save evidence and file an incident report if a student uses internet services contrary to school assignments. The amendment will take effect Feb. 25.
Miss Duke, a detention center staff member who presented the revision, told the…
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