Renovation costs for juvenile detention center more than double
The cost of renovating the old Shelby Training Center on Old Getwell Road has risen from $10 million to $28 million. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The detention center has been a goal of the current county administration and commission since they came to office nearly four years ago.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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