Garland County has been sending juvenile offenders who have to be incarcerated to Jefferson County since the local juvenile detention center closed last summer, but the arrangement is not working as planned and has created "a huge dilemma," according to Garland County Juvenile Court Judge Cecilia Dyer.
The Garland County Juvenile Detention Center will close its doors effective July 15, since operating the facility with the small number of juveniles being housed there is "really not cost-effective," Sheriff Mike McCormick said Tuesday.