Action | Revise standards to meet current industry practices. |
Stage | Proposed |
Comment Period | Ended on 7/27/2007 |
22 VAC 42-11-500.E. prohibits video and audio monitoring in bathrooms, dressing rooms, and bedrooms. This standard should be "N/A" for secure detention since video and audio observation is heaviliy relied upon to protect the safety and security of our population. Restricting observation would jeapardize the safety of youth who at at risk of suicide or self-destructive behavior. The expectation of privacy in a secure detention facility should be superceeded by a responsibility to protect the safety of youth. Direct observation would be required as a substitute to video monitoring which would increase the cost to tax payers unnecessarily.