County mayor wisely paused plans to build a new juvenile center
Shelby County Commissioners tour the former Shelby Training Center on Feb. 12, 2020. The site is being considered for a possible juvenile detention facility. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Mick Wright
Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright represents District 3, which covers areas of Bartlett, Lakeland and Raleigh.
The impatience to build a new facility from scratch caught the attention of the company holding title to an existing, unoccupied facility. Now instead of an $11 million annual lease agreement, the county could acquire the building and property for just a fraction of the original expense – $3.4 million.
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