Shelby County purchases old training facility for juvenile detention center
Purchase of this former Shelby Training Center at 3420 Old Getwell Road has been approved by the Shelby County Commission. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian file)
Shelby County plans to invest more than $15 million total in purchasing and converting the facility into a juvenile detention center.
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Omer Yusuf
Omer Yusuf covers Binghampton, Frayser, North Memphis and Raleigh for The Daily Memphian. Omer previously covered county government. He is also a former reporter at The Jackson Sun and a University of Memphis graduate.