Caddo juvenile detention numbers show sharp drop

Updated numbers show a drastic decrease in the number of Caddo Parish residents in juvenile detention. Only 12 currently sit ...

Mecklenburg County juvenile detention center remains closed, future uncertain

I tried to lease. I tried to buy. I tried to offer incentives for them to do it,” said William Lassiter, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Public Safety.

Years after Charlotte’s juvenile jail closed, some hope for its return

There’s disagreement on how to proceed. Sheriff Garry McFadden shut it down in 2022 so he could move staff to the adult jail.
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Employees recorded sex tapes inside Washington juvenile facility

In the predawn hours one morning in April 2024, a guard at Washington's most secure juvenile detention facility unlocked a cell ... at least two employees engaged in sexual relationships with inmates, ...

Sheriff McFadden responds to the State’s request to reopen Jail North as “unrealistic”

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice has requested that the ...