Corrections deputies working overtime due to broken jail locks
Last week, inmates set a fire in a housing unit, knocked several doors off their tracks and tied the main door to the unit closed with bedsheets, locking deputies out. (The Daily Memphian file)
More than 100 locks remain broken on Shelby County Jail cell doors, and some of the replacement parts are no longer made.
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Shelby County JailAarron Fleming
Aarron Fleming covers Memphis and Shelby County’s court system and is a member of The Daily Memphian’s public safety reporting team. He formerly covered education and earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of Memphis.
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