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These bills affect the different stages of the justice system, from limiting police reform to reducing how prisoners can shorten their sentences. Bills affecting TN justice system passed in 2024 ...
Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill into law that blocks cities from enacting some local police reforms, including a lauded Memphis traffic stop ordinance created after the fatal ...
The bill has been opposed by the family of Tyre Nichols, who was fatally beaten after being pulled over by Memphis Police Department officers. Tennessee Senate sends bill banning local police ...
It is the largest crime bill in the history of the United States and consisted of 356 pages that provided for 100,000 new police officers, $9.7 billion in funding for prisons which were designed with significant input from experienced police officers. [3]
In 2003, Judge Davenport issued a memo which was interpreted to order that, after a summons is issued, law enforcement officers must always physically arrest the child, and take them to the county's detention center—despite Tennessee state law which requires that, for many juvenile misdemeanor offenses, police officers must release children ...
As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons. [18] The state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, however, authorizes one single private prison for state inmates. [19] As of 2016 Tennessee technically contracts directly with CoreCivic for inmates held at South Central Correctional Facility. For Trousdale and the two ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill that would require law enforcement agencies to communicate with federal immigration authorities if they discover people are in ...
According to TIRRC Votes, the bill will only negatively impact Tennesseans — from immigrant families who might face separation to the police officers who will be distracted with an unfunded mandate.