Patients at state psychiatric hospital discovered viewing child porn, prompting crackdown on electronic devices
01/18/2018 3:36 am PST
via KTLA:
COALINGA, Calif. -- (KTLA) -- A crackdown on electronics at a state psychiatric hospital that houses people with histories of sexual violence has triggered “disruptive behavior” at the facility, with patients breaking windows, clogging toilets and throwing food, officials said.
The new regulations, implemented Friday, were a response to patients at Coalinga State Hospital viewing and storing child pornography on their devices, Ken August, a spokesman for California Department of State Hospitals, said via email.
As part of the crackdown, officials restricted Internet access and devices that can copy or store digital media. Commercially produced CDs, DVDs and digital media players without internet access are permitted.
