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Scott County updates detention SOPs, stops routine release of mugshots to for‑profit sites
Summary
The fiscal court approved changes to the detention center SOPs, including removing routine posting of inmate mugshots on the county website to prevent third-party commercial sites from republishing images; the court retained public-records access for legitimate media requests.
Scott County Fiscal Court on Dec. 23 approved updates to the detention center standard operating procedures that include removing routine public posting of inmate mugshots to prevent for-profit websites from republishing images.
The jail official who presented the SOP revisions said the change followed complaints from people whose photos remained on private websites after their court cases were dismissed or…
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