“To open a juvenile detention center in Mecklenburg County, it’s going to take 96 staff members,” he said. Supporters claimed ...

Sheriff Garry McFadden, facing a petition to remove him from office, has three Democratic challengers in a March primary.

A man being held in the Mecklenburg County Detention Center has died after experiencing a medical emergency the day after Christmas, according to sheriff's office. It's the fourth in-custody death of ...

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden says allegations of extortion and corruption are a strategic attack against his ...

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.

Mecklenburg has been without a juvenile detention center since 2022, when Sheriff Garry McFadden closed what was known as ...

State Rep. Carla Cunningham, the Charlotte Democrat who sparked controversy in July 2025 with a House floor speech ...

Mecklenburg state House member Carla Cunningham and Kevin Canty, McFadden's former deputy chief, filed the petition.

The facility closed in 2022 due to lack of staffing, but state and local leaders have been looking for a way to reopen it.