CLEVELAND, Ohio — An 11-year-old charged with attempted murder and rape will await her next court hearing from behind bars.
Nearly three years after Sheriff Garry McFadden closed Mecklenburg County's only juvenile detention center, some in the criminal justice system still hope for its return. State public safety leaders ...
Mecklenburg County sent the second-highest number of young people into North Carolina’s detention system last year — yet it has no juvenile detention center. In 2025, 2,186 people were admitted to ...