Opinion: County jail COVID-19 vaccination problem can be solved without litigation
“As a new sheriff with what I felt was a clear mandate to fix the jail,” says Mark Luttrell, “my team and I developed a remediation plan for the jail that took five years and approximately $25 million to correct.” (Daily Memphian file)

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Mark Luttrell
Mark Luttrell Jr. is a former two-term Shelby County sheriff (2002-2010) and former two-term Shelby County mayor (2010-2018)
Currently less than 25% of those at the jail have been vaccinated, a level far lower than the 70% achievement at the Shelby County Corrections Center.
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