TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 25, 2024

A proposal aimed at strengthening oversight of Tennessee’s juvenile detention centers will not pass this year, WPLN reports. Despite a concerted push for reform, the proposal has been sent to a summer study committee. According to sponsors, the measure was introduced in response to media reports that seclusion was being used as punishment for minor rule infractions. The oversight proposal would have given an independent agency the power to require changes at facilities that violate state standards. Currently, the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth responds to family complaints but does not have enforcement power.