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.
State public safety leaders and local advocates agree: Something important was lost when McFadden shut down the facility once known as Jail North.
Today, much of the building sits empty in north Charlotte, and local teenagers charged with crimes are sent to a state juvenile facility in Cabarrus County…