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An inmate died at the Shelby County Jail, commonly called 201 Poplar, Friday morning, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. TBI is investigating the death at the request of Shelby ...
Sharing photos from inside 201 Poplar, Ben Crump said conditions are "deplorable" and show a widespread "pattern of neglect" in the Shelby County Jail.
In 2022, the Shelby County Jail reported a mortality rate of 5.8 deaths per 1,000 inmates. Lucas Finton is a criminal justice reporter with The Commercial Appeal.
A bill in the Tennessee General Assembly that would have allowed Shelby County voters to approve an increase in the sales tax rate to 10.75% failed in a mid-March House subcommittee vote, the ...
County Location Year opened Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center Shelby: Memphis: 1976 as male institution [9] converted to female institution in 1999 Tennessee Prison for Women: Davidson: Nashville: 1966 [10] Bledsoe County Correctional Complex Bledsoe: Pikeville: Houses 300 female inmates in a separate unit originally built as a men’s annex.
An inmate at the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar was found "unresponsive" in his cell Friday morning, and died at the hospital, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.. According ...
As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons, all run by Corrections Corporation of America. [7] According to the state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, which authorizes only one private prison for state inmates, [8] Tennessee contracts directly with CCA for inmates held at South Central Correctional Facility. For ...
The Shelby County Criminal Justice Center, located at 201 Poplar, is seen in Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. ... Four inmates at the Shelby County Jail were taken to the hospital ...