Some recent hiring efforts could result in Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center reopening as soon as next month.
The Trib reports that the facility re-opened on a limited basis to house two juveniles after two teens fled a non-secure shelter in the same building. The 16-bed secure detention center at the Regional Youth Services Center in Hempfield was closed in June amid staffing shortages and state inspections critical of employment levels and training.
Juvenile detention center Director Rich Gordon told members of the county board that oversees the facility that eight workers recently were hired, including several in the past month. That will enable the program to ramp up its reopening.
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