There are 16 article(s) tagged Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court:

• January 2025

  • Commission starting budget season early

    The early start to county budget hearings is an attempt to resolve some of the friction between county elected officials and the Mayor Lee Harris’ office.

    By Bill Dries January 14, 2025

• October 2024

  • County Commission weighs Juvenile Court changes

    A set of ordinances to change some practices at Juvenile Court are up for the first of three readings at the Monday, Oct. 14, County Commission meeting. The Circuit Court Clerk’s office is also seeking $674,000 in funding for more staff.

    By Bill Dries October 13, 2024

• March 2023

  • Officials work to increase juvenile transparency amid tight state laws

    The limited access to juvenile court proceedings and case records may change as local leaders push for publicly available data and other case records. 

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    Advocate knows change is possible in Juvenile Court because she’s seen it

    By Julia Baker March 24, 2023

  • When the Justice Department came for Shelby County Juvenile Court

    Much of the current framework of the Memphis and Shelby County Juvenile Court is the result of a 2012 agreement between Shelby County elected leaders and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department.

    By Bill Dries March 20, 2023

• August 2022

  • Incoming Juvenile Court judge names chief magistrate

    Native Memphian Aftan Strong will lead the group of judges that will hear cases on a daily basis in the court.

    By Bill Dries August 31, 2022

• June 2022

  • Judge touts ‘incredible changes’ in Juvenile Court system, his own outlook

    Dan Michael makes the case on “Behind The Headlines” for court reforms and changes in the police interactions with Black children. It’s a very different view than the one he took five years ago.

    By Bill Dries June 11, 2022

• November 2021

  • Behind The Headlines: Strickland on crime

    On “Behind The Headlines,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says he hopes a city charter change on police residency is revived and put back on a ballot for a vote soon. 

    By Bill Dries November 22, 2021

• September 2021

  • Juvenile Court reform issue returns to County Commission

    A Juvenile Justice Consortium says the U.S. Justice Department should at least take another look at Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court and consider returning to some form of federal oversight of the court. 

    By Bill Dries September 13, 2021

• August 2020

  • Officer at county juvenile detention center tests positive for COVID-19, commissioner says

    County commissioner says officer at juvenile detention center tested positive for COVID-19. 

    By Yolanda Jones, Linda A. Moore August 26, 2020

• April 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 26: Strickland warns of possible reduction in services

    "There may come a time when we must reduce your city services due to city employees becoming infected with the virus,” Mayor Jim Strickland said in an email Thursday afternoon.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 17, 2020

  • Detaining juveniles in a pandemic

    Critics have said that because detainees of Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County are juveniles and have not been convicted of a crime, they don’t pose a threat to the community. That makes for a good soundbite, but let’s pull back the curtain on one given day and review why these juveniles are in detention.

    By Dan Michael April 01, 2020

• January 2020

  • Transferring children to adult court is ‘hardest thing’ to do, judge says

    Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael said during his annual State of the Court address Friday that the court does not "recruit children" and that transferring children to adult court is "the hardest thing I have to do.”

    By Yolanda Jones January 24, 2020

  • Juvenile Court Judge to hold State of the Court address

    Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael will hold his annual State of the Court address to discuss plans for Juvenile Court in 2020. 

    By Yolanda Jones January 23, 2020

  • Records show increase, racial disparity in juvenile transfers to adult court

    Children transferred from juvenile court to adult court is on the rise. Last year, 90 children were charged as adults and almost all are African American.

    By Yolanda Jones January 13, 2020

• October 2018

  • Judge Dan Michael reveals his plan for Juvenile Court after DOJ

    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.

    By Omer Yusuf October 27, 2018

• September 2018

  • Summers out, Morris in as new Juvenile Court coordinator

    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.

    By Bill Dries September 19, 2018