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Posted by: Kate Prince on Nov 16, 2022

A member of the board overseeing the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center is recommending the facility undergo a name and logo change following its past violations of detaining children, the Tennessean reports. Michael McDonald suggested the rebranding effort during a board meeting this month, also calling for the facility to change its logo, which includes a pair of handcuffs. Former Juvenile Court Judge Donna Scott Davenport retired in August after facing federal lawsuits for the court’s illegal detention of children. The board also discussed adding a grant writer to the detention center’s staff in order to “pursue dollars for these young people” to help with things like “mental health.” One board member also suggested a policy that would require the county’s new Juvenile Court Judge Travis Lampley or magistrates trained in the law to make probable cause determinations on immediate detentions.