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| Prison system changes metal detector policy |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/26/2004 |
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An embarrassing incident for several teenage girls has prompted a change in Connecticut prison policy. The Department of Correction has changed its metal detector policy. The move comes nearly a month after some high school girls from Lebanon on a field trip to a Somers prison were forced to remove their underwire bras in front of male prison officers and classmates. Prison department spokesman Ed Ramsey says that as of two weeks ago, correctional officers won't suggest or even imply that female visitors should remove undergarments to clear a metal detector. Under the new policy, if a visitor is unable to clear the metal detector, prison officers must call a supervisor, whose role it is to make sure that "all reasonable measures have been exhausted" before preventing the visit. Lebanon Superintendent of Schools Sally Doyen says the March 23rd incident involving girls from that town's Lyman Memorial High School was the first such incident involving students from the school, which frequently sends civics classes on field trips to prisons. |
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