By Brian Wilson, Adam Tamburin & Anita Wadhwani
The Tennessean
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An 18-member strike force team with the Department of Correction will assist in providing security at Woodland Hills Youth Development Center tonight following a night of violence at the lockup for teen offenders.
And — unlike the current security guards working at the center — the strike force team is authorized to use non-lethal force on the young offenders, if necessary.
Hours of riots erupted at the Department of Children’s Services facility late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning. The riots came on the heels of a mass escape of 32 teens from the facility — almost half its population — Monday night. A 33rd teen was charged with escape because he allegedly broke out of his dorm but did not leave the grounds.
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