Meals

01. Providing Meals. The detention center will have written policy and procedures which govern the provision of meals. Three (3) meals, at least two (2) of which includes a hot entree, are served daily. (7-1-24) a. Meals are served at approximately the same time every day. No more than fourteen (14) hours will elapse between the evening meal and breakfast the next day, unless an evening snack is served. If snacks are provided, up to sixteen (16) hours may elapse between the evening meal and breakfast. (7-1-24) b. Juvenile offenders out of the detention center attending court hearings or other approved functions when meals are served have a meal provided upon their return, if they have not already eaten. (7-1-24) c. If meals are provided to staff, the menu should be the same as provided to juvenile offenders. (7-1-24) d. Medical personnel is notified when a juvenile offender does not eat three (3) consecutive meals. (7-1-24) 02. Withholding of Meals as Disciplinary Sanction Prohibited. The detention center will have written policy and procedures which dictate that meals are never withheld from juvenile offenders, nor the menu varied, as a disciplinary sanction. (7-1-24) 03. Control of Utensils. The detention center will have a control system for the issuance and return of all food preparation and eating utensils. (7-1-24)