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Starkville looks to Lowndes for juvenile beds Other counties, cities interested in reserving space at Lowndes detention center Lynn Spruill, Trip Hairston
Starkville and Lowndes County are discussing an agreement that would allow Starkville to reserve beds at Lowndes County’s juvenile detention center.
Due to a recent spike in juvenile crime in Starkville, the city has been trying to find new solutions to reduce the risk of continued misconduct, including a juvenile detention center.
In May, Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill called a meeting with regional counties and municipalities to discuss a potential juvenile detention center for all of the Golden Triangle. Lowndes County owns a detention center, but the center’s annual budget of just short of $1 million only allows the county to utilize six of its 24 beds, board of supervisors president Trip Hairston said.
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Oktibbeha supes to hold public hearing on potential juvenile curfew
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to discuss the possibility of enacting a juvenile curfew within the county.
Brett Watson
Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department Capt. Brett Watson presented a potential curfew plan to the board Monday. He gained inspiration for the ordinance after examining multiple juvenile curfews across the state and said he believes the plan will help diminish some of the juvenile misconduct in the area.
“We at the sheriff’s department are looking at this as a way to encounter these folks that are out walking late at night when they shouldn’t be,” Watson said. “It’ll give us an opportunity to encounter them in a legal way.”