Bonner: Sheriff’s Office will hand youth detention facility to Juvenile Court
“I am required by law to operate the Jail and Jail East,” Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. wrote to the County Commission. “I am not required to operate the Youth Center and need the staff assigned there to increase security and safety at the adult facilities.” (Julia Baker/The Daily Memphian file)
Bonner informed the County Commission of the change via an emailed letter Tuesday, April 16.
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A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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