There are 11 article(s) tagged Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center:

• June 2025

  • Juvenile detention center transfer to occur by October

    Control of the Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center will shift from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office to the Shelby County Division of Corrections.

    By Aarron Fleming June 14, 2025

• August 2022

  • Just City report says more juvenile justice reform is needed

    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.

    By Julia Baker August 01, 2022

• March 2022

  • Renovation costs for juvenile detention center more than double

    The detention center has been a goal of the current county administration and commission since they came to office nearly four years ago.

    By Bill Dries March 21, 2022

• October 2021

  • Watch: Sheriff Bonner downplays discord over juvenile detention, welcomes federal oversight

    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.

    By Bill Dries October 01, 2021

• May 2020

  • Contract extensions for Wellpath don’t sit well with Shelby County

    County commissioners discussed, but didn’t vote, on extending the contract with the county's contracted inmate health care provider.

    By Linda A. Moore May 13, 2020

• April 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

• March 2020

  • Shelby County purchases old training facility for juvenile detention center

    Shelby County plans to invest more than $15 million total in purchasing and converting the facility into a juvenile detention center. 

    By Omer Yusuf March 24, 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 18: Health Department confirms fourth Shelby case

    • Tennessee's 98 cases mostly in patients between 18-49 years old
    • Small business emergency declared
    • Nike donating $500,000 to Memphis response
    • Community Foundation launches response fund

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

• February 2020

  • The juvenile detention center needs to be replaced

    The question ultimately is not whether we can afford a new facility but whether we can afford not to have one.

    By Bill Powell February 15, 2020

• January 2020

  • Behind the Headlines Podcast: Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner

    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.

    By WKNO January 31, 2020

• January 2019

  • A look inside the Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center shows the human side of controversy

    A look inside the Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center shows the human side of a facility at the center of a funding controversy.

    By Yolanda Jones January 19, 2019