Harrison County Youth Court Eyeing Move

A big move could be in the works for the juvenile detention center of the Harrison County Youth Courts.
In 2010, the Harrison County Juvenile Detention Center was housing around 22 juveniles on a given day. In 2015, that number was cut to nine. Keeping these juveniles out of the detention center saved the court over $200,000. Now, the courts have a way to save another $200,000. This could be done by having the courts and detention center in the same building.
Harrison County Youth Court officials say the abandoned Harrison County Health Department building in Biloxi could be the ideal space for the new court. Judge Margaret Alfonso said, “The services for children are in Gulfport yet the children are housed in Biloxi, which doesn’t make any sense. We have to bring children back and forth to the Biloxi facility. Right now, that building is so close that you would walk the child from the detention facility to the court building if the youth court moved to Biloxi.”
Judge Alfonso plans to take a look at the health department building and report back to the Harrison County Supervisors on whether the building is suitable for the courts.[mappress mapid=”2150″]