Activists outraged after man in paper jumpsuit released into frigid temperatures
For the second time in recent months, activist Hunter Demster says he has seen prisoners being released from jail at 201 Poplar Ave. wearing paper jumpsuits in freezing temperatures. Demster has been leading an effort to provide food and warm clothes to people getting out of jail as part of the Tennessee Poor People's Campaign. (Houston Cofield/Daily Memphian)
A man in a paper jumpsuit outside 201 Poplar is raising questions in the minds of social justice advocates.
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201 Poplar Shelby County Shelby County Sheriff’S OfficeYolanda Jones
Yolanda Jones covers criminal justice issues and general assignment news for The Daily Memphian. She previously was a reporter at The Commercial Appeal.
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