Department of public safety who oversees the state’s juvenile justice system, attended to discuss the state. The shutdown worries district attorney spencer merriweather. Woodard center in charlotte about the closure of the county s juvenile detention center and what it would take to reopen. The building sits idle in north charlotte, except for its kitchen, which still feeds the main jail. William lassiter (seated), deputy secretary at the n. c. 6, 2025, at the valerie c. · jail north closed in 2022 due to covid-related staffing issues. · staff shortages forced sheriff garry mcfadden to shut the 72-bed site in 2022. Mcso said it will have to recruit, hire, and train the staff necessary to reopen the detention center. Now, teens must travel to cabarrus county for detention. · nearly three years after sheriff garry mcfadden closed mecklenburg county ’ s only juvenile detention center, some in the criminal justice system still hope for its return. Mecklenburg county juvenile jail to close … mecklenburg county ’s only juvenile jail , jail north, will close nov. 16, according to mecklenburg county sheriff garry mcfadden. · “we know that a huge part of the jail population has mental health issues so this is really something we need to think about on a bipartisan basis,” commissioner leigh altman said. “we want to be safe, all of us, and we need to do that by having the resources to prevent tragedy. ” · one week after iryna’s law took effect, mecklenburg county officials say the new requirements are already straining the jail system. · mecklenburg county sheriff garry mcfadden (left) speaks at a public forum on jan.

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