CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — North Carolina jails are close to running out of space for juvenile offenders, according to the Public Safety Department’s latest update.
Officials are urging lawmakers to solidify a budget that invests in new facilities and staffing. But state leaders may look to Mecklenburg County to help solve the problem.
The latest projections—released this past week—show that within the next fiscal year, the state could be about two dozen beds shy of what’s needed to hold youth offenders…