Another inmate dies at 201 Poplar
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office did not say what is believed to have caused the man’s death, which remains under investigation.
Topic: Shelby County Jail
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December 2025
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Recent inmates describe ‘inhumane’ crowding, filth, physical abuse at 201 Poplar, Jail East
Stripped naked and doused with pepper spray. “Bugs galore.” Fellow inmates vomiting and defecating on themselves. Three people recently incarcerated at Shelby County Jail spoke to The Daily Memphian about their experiences.
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Sheriff answers mayor’s complaints about County Jail with complaints of his own
Sheriff Floyd Bonner faults Mayor Lee Harris for problems at the County Corrections Center and not being responsive in assisting with problems at the jail.
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Sheriff should not manage the jail, Harris says
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris says the number of jail deaths calls for dramatic change that could include the county or the state taking over the county jail currently run by Sheriff Floyd Bonner.
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November 2025
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‘I was hoping he’d get some help … he (ended) up dying there.’
A father grieves his son, 100 days after his mysterious death in the Shelby County Jail.
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Sheriff’s Office reports another inmate death
Tiffany Dukes is one of 11 inmates this year to die while in custody of the Sheriff’s Office.
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Guest Column: Novella Smith Arnold Cromer built a beloved community in Memphis
“In a world of widespread division, racial profiling, and individual, systemic, and institutional racism, Novella ignored all the social constructs that divided neighbors from one another.”
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Female inmates assaulted at Shelby County women’s jail, lawsuit alleges
Two female inmates are suing Shelby County after being allegedly sexually assaulted by a male inmate they were housed with last year.
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Another Shelby County Jail inmate has died
The latest death marks at least the third such fatality in the last 10 days and the 10th so far this year.
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Hundreds of jail inmates will be moved to combat overcrowding, sheriff says
Bonner also denied that his office is working with ICE to make immigration arrests and talked about inmate deaths at the jail, also known as 201 Poplar.
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201 Poplar inmate’s death possibly linked to pepper spray, autopsy says
A Shelby County Jail inmate who died this summer possibly died from being pepper-sprayed by jail staff, according to his official autopsy report.
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Second inmate in a week dies at 201 Poplar
The man who died is at least the ninth person to die in the jail this year and at least the 66th since 2019, based on records and reporting by The Daily Memphian.
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Trial date pushed for two over 2022 death of jail inmate
Two men charged in the 2022 death of a Shelby County Jail inmate will go to trial next summer.
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October 2025
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Another inmate dies at 201 Poplar
As Task Force arrests swell population at Shelby County Jail, another inmate is found dead in his cell.
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201 Poplar more crowded since Memphis Safe Task Force
The Shelby County Jail’s population is expanding amid a surge in arrests by the Memphis Safe Task Force. One judge told The Daily Memphian he saw 50 to 70 more cases last week than in a typical week.
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County employee charged with smuggling contraband into 201 Poplar
The investigation into the operation is ongoing, and more charges could come.
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September 2025
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Opinion: There is no ‘model jail’ for Memphis
“By failing to address the underlying problems that put so many people to jail in the first place, Shelby County will be doomed to revisit these problems again and again.”
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Opinion: A jail at Shelby Farms Park would be a destructive mistake
“A high-security jail inside Shelby Farms Park would destroy the very qualities that make it so valuable. ... There are more appropriate sites for a jail. But there is only one Shelby Farms Park.”
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Inmate charged after stabbing cellmate at Shelby County Jail
This is at least the second stabbing at the jail this year.
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Memphis doesn’t need a new jail, new study says. At least, not right now.
A new study says the problems at the Shelby County Jail are less about the building and more about facility management.
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August 2025
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Man paralyzed after being stabbed 17 times at 201 Poplar
The victim told The Daily Memphian how the alleged assault began.
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Causes of death confirmed for two more Shelby County jail inmates
The deaths are two of at least seven housed at the overcrowded jail to die this year.
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201 Poplar inmate cause of death revealed
Darian Nolen, 33, died at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis the night of Feb. 6.
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Latest inmate death is at least seventh at Shelby County Jail in 2025
A 33-year-old inmate died Monday at the Shelby County Jail, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
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July 2025
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Where do wrongful death lawsuits against the jail stand?
Multiple lawsuits have been filed in recent years over inmate deaths at the Shelby County Jail. Here is where some of them stand.
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