Testing surge planned in June at correctional center
The American Civil Liberties Union and the criminal justice reform group “Just City” have sued Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, Jr. (pictured above) and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office over COVID-19 cases at the Shelby County Jail. While County Mayor Lee Harris announced a new wave of virus testing at the jail and at the Shelby County Correctional Center, he did not mention the "Just City" suit. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris made the announcement Friday at the end of an eventful week that includes a lawsuit over COVID-19 cases at the Shelby County Jail, calls for testing at the correctional center and a sit-in by jail prisoners with the virus as they were moved out of isolation.
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