There are 10 article(s) tagged Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center:
Just City requested the help from Joshua Perry, former Executive Director of the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights, to conduct research. The current district attorney and juvenile court judge both question the timing of the report, however.
The detention center has been a goal of the current county administration and commission since they came to office nearly four years ago.
On “Behind The Headlines,” Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner talked about battling the COVID pandemic at the county jail and a call to resume federal oversight of Juvenile Court, including the detention center he runs.
County commissioners discussed, but didn’t vote, on extending the contract with the county's contracted inmate health care provider.
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.
Shelby County plans to invest more than $15 million total in purchasing and converting the facility into a juvenile detention center.
The question ultimately is not whether we can afford a new facility but whether we can afford not to have one.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner discusses challenges in recruiting, plans for a new juvenile detention center, highway shootings and more with host Eric Barnes and Bill Dries with the Daily Memphian.
A look inside the Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center shows the human side of a facility at the center of a funding controversy.
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