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Board sends $2M juvenile detention center upgrades back to staff amid questions about future use
Summary
A proposed ~ $2.1 million contract to upgrade day rooms and kitchens at the juvenile detention center was returned to staff after commissioners raised concerns about low youth counts, the facility's design, and whether investments should shift toward alternatives like the newly opened youth stabilization center.
Hennepin County commissioners on Dec. 11 voted to return to staff a planned immediate-approval contract award for juvenile detention center (JDC) day-room safety upgrades, after a broad discussion about the facility's future and whether capital funds should instead support alternatives.
Facility staff described the work and said they received six…
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