There are 37 article(s) tagged Shelby County Juvenile Court:

• June 2021

  • Longtime media figure Leon Gray dead at 62

    Leon Gray, special assistant to Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael, died Friday, June 11. He worked in television and radio and was well known in the community.

    By Yolanda Jones June 11, 2021

• February 2020

  • The juvenile detention center needs to be replaced

    The question ultimately is not whether we can afford a new facility but whether we can afford not to have one.

    By Bill Powell February 15, 2020

• January 2020

  • Shelby County’s juvenile justice system limits our youth, our community

    The high rate of juveniles transferred to adult court in Shelby County is not due to differences in Shelby County youth. It’s due to differences in the operation of our juvenile justice system. 

    By Bill Powell January 15, 2020

• August 2019

  • County Mayor Harris receives ‘thank-you’ notes for free Juvenile Court phone calls

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday received thank-you notes from teens at Juvenile Court, where it has been about a year since the county eliminated the fee for juveniles to call home. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 29, 2019

• February 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • LeMoyne-Owen cancels night classes because of power outage
    • Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge to hold state of court address
    • Memphis Blight Elimination Steering Team releases Top 10 code violators

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 20, 2019

• January 2019

  • Shelby County officials hire data expert to examine inequality issues at juvenile court

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael agreed to hire one of the nation's leading juvenile justice statistician to dissect data at the court and find issues involving minority children.

    By Yolanda Jones January 23, 2019

  • Shelby County Juvenile Court changes defense procedure after DOJ report

    Shelby County Juvenile Court staff members will no longer select defense attorneys for juvenile detainees, Mayor Lee Harris’ office announced Tuesday.

    By Omer Yusuf January 08, 2019

• December 2018

  • Shelby County creates initiatives to reform criminal justice system

    The Shelby County Commission will hold a comprehensive discussion on Juvenile Court at its next committee meeting in January. 

    By Omer Yusuf December 28, 2018

  • DOJ report says Shelby County Juvenile Court still has problems

    After six years of monitoring Shelby County Juvenile Court, a recently released U.S. Department of Justice report states that oversight at the court should have not ended because the agency is “deeply flawed,” enabling a “culture of intimidation” undermining due process for African-American children in the system.

    By Yolanda Jones December 12, 2018

  • Sheriff’s Office hires consultant for juvenile detention center

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has hired a former U.S. Department of Justice monitor as a consultant to help ensure the detention center at Shelby County Juvenile Court stays on track even though the facility is no longer under federal oversight, said Sheriff Floyd Bonner.

    By Yolanda Jones December 11, 2018

  • Teen charged in Trenary homicide to be released from custody

    Rinisha Wright, the 16-year-old girl charged in connection with the death of former Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary, will be released from custody, but details surrounding her situation are unknown because a hearing Tuesday at Shelby County Juvenile Court was closed to the public.

    By Yolanda Jones December 11, 2018

• November 2018

  • Trenary hearing closed due to security in other juvenile case, court says

    Rinisha Wright, the 16-year-old girl charged along with two others in connection with the slaying of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary, was back in court Tuesday but the media and others were barred from entering the courtroom as a security measure on another case, Shelby County Juvenile Court officials said.

    By Yolanda Jones November 27, 2018