Mayor to limit solitary confinement in Shelby County prisons
Shelby County Corrections Division Director Anthony Alexander said the policy change follows visits to other prisons that use the Mandela Rules standard. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris plans to sign an executive order that will adopt United Nations Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners, also known as the Mandela Rules, for county prisons.
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