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Richland County juvenile detention budget rises as staffing, capacity strain operations
Summary
Juvenile court officials told Richland County commissioners that detention salaries are up about 11% year over year because part-time educator posts were converted to full time, Title I tutoring support is shrinking and recruitment has required higher starting pay; construction and a lost contract may force short-term transfers of youth.
Juvenile-court representatives told the Richland County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 13 that the detention budget will rise about 11% year over year, driven largely by education staffing changes and recruitment pressures.
"That's largely predicated on some additional positions that we added for teaching positions in detention," a juvenile-court staff member said during the board presentation, explaining the court converted a part-time instructor to full time and is requesting another full-time teacher to meet education requirements for detained youth. The court said it must educate youth "regardless of the reason they're in there," which increases staffing…
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