North Carolina § 153A-218 - County confinement facilities.

§ 153A-218. County confinement facilities.

A county may establish, acquire, erect, repair, maintain, and operate local confinement facilities and may for these purposes appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law. Subject to the holdover provisions in G.S. 7B-2204 , no person under the age of 18 may be held in a county confinement facility unless there is an agreement between the county confinement facility and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice allowing the housing of persons under the age of 18 at the facility or a portion of the facility that has been approved as a juvenile detention facility by the Juvenile Justice Section. A juvenile detention facility may be located in the same facility as a county jail provided that the juvenile detention facility meets the requirements of this Article and G.S. 147-33.40. History (1868, c. 20, s. 8; Code, s. 707; Rev., s. 1318; 1915, c. 140; C.S., s. 1297; 1973, c. 822, s. 1; 1998-202, s. 4(dd); 2020-83, s. 8(n).) Cross References. - As to exception for contracts for the purchase of food and supplies for county detention facilities by the sheriffs of certain counties, see G.S. 143-131.1. Editor's Note. - The section of Chapter 147 referred to above was repealed by Session Laws 2000-137, s. 1(a). As to juvenile facilities, see now G.S. 143B-815 et seq. Session Laws 2020-83, s. 8(p), made the amendment of this section by Session Laws 2020-83, s. 8(n), effective August 1, 2020, and applicable to offenses committed, sentences imposed, and any other orders of imprisonment issued on or after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2020-83, s. 8(n), inserted the second sentence. For effective date and applicability, see editor's note. Legal Periodicals. - For note, "North Carolina County Jail Inmates' Right of Access to Courts," see 66 N.C.L. Rev. 583 (1988).