03/18/2024
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The Bladen County Detention and Law Enforcement Center is on target for completion by June 22 and the final inspection to be completed by July 21.  The new jail will have 105 cells and contain about 220 beds.  The new facility is located on Smith Circle in Elizabethtown across from the Powell-Melvin Agricultural Center.

The current jail was constructed in the 1960s. Several county offices will move from the Bladen County Courthouse to the current Sheriff’s Office once the Detention and Law Enforcement Center are completed.

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