Annual Detention Center Average Daily Populations

The number of youth held in detention centers in North Carolina has swelled since 2019.

A line chart that goes up steeply from 2019 to 2023, reflecting an uptick in the average daily population at average daily populations
Chart: Rachel Crumpler/NC Health NewsSource: N.C. Department of Public Safety's Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper