The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said a disturbance that resulted in $3,500 to $5,000 in damages at the juvenile detention center led to five corrections officers being suspended last week.

Sheriff Floyd Bonner confirmed Wednesday that the disturbance Jan. 9 at the juvenile facility, 616 Adams, led to the suspensions. The five male officers were relieved of duty with pay.

“Anytime something like this happens we are concerned, “ Bonner said. “Right now, it is still under investigation and we are critiquing what our officers did or failed to do. After that, we will make some decisions on how we want to move forward in the future and for this not to happen again.”

The investigation into the incident, which the Sheriff’s Office said involved “allegations related to on-duty failures,” is on-going. The officers were relieved of duty Jan. 9, the same night the incident occurred, and have not returned to work. The sheriff could not say when the investigation would be finished, only that investigators were not going to "rush it."

He said 92 youths were in custody at the time of the disturbance, which lasted 35 to 40 minutes and involved damage to a television and glass breakage. 

Fourteen juveniles were involved, and two received non-life-threatening injuries. No officers were injured.

After the disturbance, 11 juveniles were transferred to the county jail at 201 Poplar.

“We’ve never had an incident like this before,” Bonner said. “Some issues came up and the children were rebelling. They were being juveniles.”

The county’s juvenile detention center has been a recent topic of conversation after Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris announced he wanted to build a new $25 million detention center.

The Shelby County Commission delayed approving a $1.3 million down payment for the project Monday, Jan. 14, after some commissioners said they still had too many concerns about the facility and needed reforms.

Bonner said he hoped the disturbance does not impact the need for a new facility.

"It just goes along with what we’ve been saying and that is we just want to have a better environment for our children," Bonner said.