Juvenile offenders no longer held at county facility

Friday, October 7, 2011

A lack of manpower has prompted the Cape Girardeau Juvenile Detention Center to begin transporting juvenile offenders to the center in Charleston, Mo., nearly three months before the Missouri's courts system intends to yank its staff funding.

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