Mecklenburg County plans to reopen Jail North amid overcrowding crisis at detention center

Nearly 300 inmates sleeping in overflow areas as Mecklenburg jail exceeds capacity.
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‘There’s a crisis’: McFadden defends decision to reopen Jail North amid overcrowding

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office says it will reopen Jail North, its second detention facility, as overcrowding ...

Jail North will reopen to manage overcrowding from ‘Iryna’s Law’: Sheriff McFadden

The former juvenile jail will be used for overflow. The jail has been overcrowded by a law passed in Raleigh, the sheriff ...
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Uptown Charlotte Jail Bursts At The Seams As Iryna's Law Tightens The Squeeze

Cramped cells, thin cots and rising tempers are turning the Mecklenburg County Detention Center into a pressure cooker, ...
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Charlotte’s sheriff, a former homicide detective and TV personality, has a history of taking on ICE

Garry McFadden, a charismatic and opinionated detective-turned-TV personality, was elected sheriff of North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County years ago after promising that he’d limit the jail’s ...