There are 19 article(s) tagged Juvenile Court:
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said a disturbance that resulted in $3,500 to $5,000 in damages at the juvenile detention center led to five corrections officers being suspended last week.
The Shelby County Commission delayed a vote Monday on allocating $1.3 million for a new Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center after several commissioners raised concerns they were moving too fast on the project.
The Shelby County Commission will vote Monday, Jan. 14, on allocating $1.3 million to start the design phase of a new Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center.
Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer says the discussion over Shelby County Juvenile Court must change from the “good guys” who work at the court to the systems in place that have led to calls for serious reform.
Shelby County Commissioners reiterated more reforms are needed at Shelby County Juvenile Court after discussing a Department of Justice monitor’s report that concluded the agency is “deeply flawed” and enables “a culture of intimidation” in due process procedures.
Shelby County Juvenile Court staff members will no longer select defense attorneys for juvenile detainees, Mayor Lee Harris’ office announced Tuesday.
At their first committee sessions of the new year on Jan. 9, Shelby County commissioners will discuss $25 million in county funding for a new Juvenile Court detention center to be run by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.
Shelby County officials hope a new pilot program beginning in 2019 can divert thousands of youth with low-level offenses from Shelby County Juvenile Court as they attempt to reform the criminal justice system.
Shelby County Lee Harris says building a new juvenile detention center is an essential part of changing the local system.
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.
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.
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.
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.
At first, longtime Memphis City Councilwoman Janis Fullilove had no desire to be Shelby County Juvenile Court clerk, much less consider entering the race.
Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael has revealed how he plans to move forward after the U.S. Department of Justice’s surprise announcement last week to end federal oversight over the court after six years.
Ranisha Wright, one of three people charged in connection with the death of Phil Trenary, will not undergo a mental evaluation her attorney told a Juvenile Court judge during a brief hearing Tuesday morning.
The Department of Justice said Friday it has ended its six-year federal oversight of Shelby County Juvenile Court.
The Shelby County Commission and Mayor Lee Harris have taken steps to show the U.S. Department of Justice there has been a change in the approach on Shelby County Juvenile Court issues.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is making a change in who runs the county’s memorandum of agreement with the U.S. Justice Department for changes in Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court.
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