The Dauphin County commissioners have entered into a 20-year intergovernmental cooperation agreement with several neighboring counties for a new Multi-County Regional Youth Detention Center agency.
Approved during a legislative session on Wednesday, the agreement is designed to address a shortage of juvenile detention beds in the county.
Cooperating counties include Berks County, Lackawanna County and Lehigh County. The new detention agency will operate out of Berks County, and its detention program director will serve as the new agency’s director…