New NC Juvenile Detention Center Opens Soon

The NC Department of Public Safety this week during an open house offered community leaders and elected officials their first view of Cabarrus Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Concord. Officials with the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will open the new center next week, in efforts to provide safer, more secure and more efficient care for detained youth in its custody. The juvenile detention center currently located and operated as Gaston Juvenile Detention Center is being relocated to the former Kirk Building located on the grounds of Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center in Concord, and has been renamed as the Cabarrus Regional Juvenile Detention Center. This relocation marks the first phase of the 2014 Juvenile Justice Strategic Plan. The Cabarrus Regional Juvenile Detention Center will begin official operations on Aug. 19. Inclusive of this center, the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice operates six juvenile detention centers statewide. Juvenile detention centers are secure, temporary facilities where a juvenile will stay while waiting to go to court or until a more appropriate and long-term placement can be arranged.