District Attorney launches community justice program
Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich's office is launching a restorative justice initiative called the Community Justice Program.
Topic: Criminal Justice Reform
RSSThere are 11 article(s) tagged Criminal Justice Reform:
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June 2020
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‘Crashing Down': Two states of emergency in one city
The "last seven days" mark long-standing issues in Memphis and a renewed public interest in them as a global pandemic and nationwide protests intertwine.
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November 2019
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Stanton marks end of clerk’s term and tenure with changes, goals, paper
General Sessions Court Clerk Ed Stanton Jr. has a little less than a year left in office and will not seek re-election next year. Before his exit, Stanton says he has a few goals to accomplish.
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August 2019
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Lifeline to Success approaches a decade in changing lives of ex-offenders
The Brown family started the idea of Lifeline to Success at their dinner table 2009, and they have counseled 1,200 people in the 10 years since it began.
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July 2019
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Mayoral candidate Tami Sawyer unveils criminal justice platform
Mayoral contender Tami Sawyer and incumbent Mayor Jim Strickland differ greatly on how they believe the Memphis Police Department should be set up to fight the city's violent crime issues.
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June 2019
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Criminal justice reform part of Gov. Lee’s Memphis itinerary this week
Gov. Bill Lee is in Memphis Tuesday into Wednesday morning for a series of stops, including signing the bill that eliminates the state fee to expunge criminal records.
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May 2019
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‘Mama’s Day Bail Out’ frees women from jail in time for Mother’s Day
Six women will be bailed out of jail this week during Mother's Day Bail Out by the Official Black Lives Matter Memphis Chapter. Since 2017, the group has paid bail for 30 men and women in Memphis and Shelby County in its effort to end cash bail.
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April 2019
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Nelson: How to fight recidivism with great books
The parole board was blown away when a woman who had spent 25 years behind bars, and who was a member of the great books group at West Tennessee State Penitentiary, quoted Herodotus in answer to a question about how she now defined success.
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Shelby County adds a third grand jury to reduce case backlog, jail wait times
Shelby County has added a third grand jury in hopes of reducing the length of time defendants wait in jail while also whittling down the case backlog.
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March 2019
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Shelby County to launch pilot program to examine pretrial services
Shelby County plans to use pretrial risk assessment tools to help local judges decide on bail for nonviolent defendants.
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Sanford: Criminal justice reform is not a black thing
White inmates represent 58 percent of the total federal prison population, according to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The First Step Act, designed to lower mandatory-minimum sentences, shouldn't be considered an altruistic act exclusively for black inmates.
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