Opinion: Building a new jail won’t make us safer
Tyler Foster
Tyler Foster is a law student at the University of Memphis School of Law. He serves as the vice president of the Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope (MICAH) and on the Board of Directors for the Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network (FICGN).
Foster: “By prioritizing community investment, Shelby County can address the root causes of crime rather than perpetuating a cycle of incarceration.”
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