Inside the Shelby County Jail: What a Commercial Appeal reporter saw inside 201 Poplar
The Shelby County Sheriff's Office invited media to tour the Shelby County Jail. A CA reporter saw deteriorating conditions ...
From broken escalators to overcrowded, unlocked cells: Inside Shelby County's aging jail
The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside ...
Two more Shelby County Jail inmates have died, marking four deaths within a week
Two more men died at the Shelby County Jail this week, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said Friday night. The deaths make ...
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Proposed bill would increase sales tax to pay for new Shelby County jail
The bill states that all the money generated from the tax increase would have to be used exclusively to build a new jail or ...
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After jail deaths, sheriff's office shows FOX13 conditions inside 201 Poplar
The first obvious repair needed that FOX13 saw was the escalators. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. said the escalators ...
SCSO officials announce two more deaths inside Shelby County Jail in 2025
The deaths are at least the 73 death in custody since 2016, according to data maintained by ABC24, and mark the the third and ...
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Two more Shelby County Jail inmates have died, marking four deaths within a week
Recent incidents include inmate suicides and overdoses, highlighting ongoing safety concerns at the jail. The jail is investigating how drugs are entering the facility, including potential ...