Juvenile Lockup Could Reopen
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The top elected officials of eight
north-central Arkansas counties have agreed to provide funding that
could allow reopening of a juvenile jail. The lockup had served the
region until it closed July 30th.
The White River Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Batesville
could reopen within a couple of weeks for a six-month trial run
under the new agreement. Quorum courts in the counties still have
to act on the agreement.
Under the new arrangement, the center will house juveniles from
Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Sharp, Stone and
Woodruff counties. Two counties previously served by the jail --
Van Buren and White -- decided not to join in this time.
