There are 6 article(s) tagged juvenile detention center:

• June 2025

  • Juvenile detention center transfer to occur by October

    Control of the Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center will shift from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to the Shelby County Division of Corrections.

    By Aarron Fleming June 14, 2025

• March 2025

  • New West Tenn. juvenile detention facility plan passes first hurdle

    A fiscal note attached to the bill estimates a cost of more than $283 million, a figure that doesn’t include land, staffing or maintenance costs.

    By Benjamin Smith March 25, 2025

• August 2024

  • Suburbs join forces to ask for juvenile center in West Tennessee

    Shelby County suburbs are urging the state to invest in an appropriately sized juvenile-detention facility.

    By Abigail Warren August 29, 2024

• April 2022

  • County Commission Scorecard: FedExForum, detention center, MATA and residency

    The Scorecard attempts the math on the new FedExForum deal keeping the Grizzlies at the Forum and on the renovated Shelby Training Center that is to become the new juvenile detention center with more funding from the county.

    By Bill Dries April 17, 2022

  • As juvenile detention center doubles in cost, commissioner questions special meeting held to approve extra funding

    County Commission Chair Willie Brooks denied that the meeting was called to try to hide the 8-0 vote on emergency funding for the project. 

    By Bill Dries April 12, 2022

• March 2022

  • County Commission approves paying cost overruns on juvenile detention center

    The $13 million in additional funding found from a group of seven county budget line items brings the total cost of the project to around $30 million including the $3 million the county paid for the Old Getwell building that is being renovated.

    By Bill Dries March 28, 2022