Commission votes down call for mediation in juvenile detention center dispute
“I’m not so sure this is something we need to get involved in,” Shelby County Commissioner Henri Brooks (left) said of the juvenile detention center dispute. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Commissioner Mick Wright said the sheriff and Juvenile Court judge need to talk about who will run the juvenile detention center. But his nonbinding resolution suggesting arbitration got voted down Monday.
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