. Biennial report of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare to the General Assembly of North Carolina. g the last biennium, with an average of 86 jails reportingmonthly, 613 children were held in county jails. Of the 326 heldduring the past fiscal year 16 were under 12 years of age, 47 werebetween the ages of 12 and 14, and 263 between 14 and 16 yearsof age. The distribution by race and sex was: white boys 157;white girls 26; Negro boys 124; Negro girls 19. Although about two-fifths of these children remain in jail onlyover night, the average stay is longer. The present reportingsyste
. Biennial report of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare to the General Assembly of North Carolina. g the last biennium, with an average of 86 jails reportingmonthly, 613 children were held in county jails. Of the 326 heldduring the past fiscal year 16 were under 12 years of age, 47 werebetween the ages of 12 and 14, and 263 between 14 and 16 yearsof age. The distribution by race and sex was: white boys 157;white girls 26; Negro boys 124; Negro girls 19. Although about two-fifths of these children remain in jail onlyover night, the average stay is longer. The present reportingsystem only gives this information on a monthly basis. Thereshould be a required daily report by the jailer on children under16 in his jail to the county superintendent of public welfare witha copy sent to the State Board of Public Welfare Monthly reportson city jails and town lock-ups are not made. During the past fiscal year, 25 children were held in countyjails by Federal authorities. Some children are moved from one CHART 11. TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN IN JAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA, 1936 - 1945 Number of ohildren. 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941Norxh Carolina State Board of Publio Welfare 62 Biennial Report county jail to another by Federal authorities pending dispositionof their case. Two boys placed in confinement by Federal au-thorities spent several days (over a two-weeks period) in threedifferent jails. Jail confinements are illegal unless the child is 14 years of ageand charged with the commission of a felony, the punishment forwhich may be more than 10 years in prison. The monthly jailreports indicate that the majority of the children are illegallyheld. The State Board of Public Welfare, through this Division, thefield representatives, and the child welfare consultants, is tryingto bring about a closer cooperative relationship between the countydepartments of public welfare and the juvenile courts so that awell-planned program can be inaugurated to care locally for thejuvenile de
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