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 ...
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 ...
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SCSO: Hours after inmate dies at hospital, other 201 Poplar inmate dies in apparent suicide
Hours after an inmate was declared dead at a hospital, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said another inmate died in an ...
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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 ...
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Shelby County Jail inmate dies at hospital after 'medical emergency,' sheriff investigating
Another inmate at the Shelby County Jail, oftentimes referred to as 201 Poplar, died at the hospital after being found ...
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 ...
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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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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SCSO confirms 2 more inmates have died at 201 Poplar in past 7 days
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office revealed Friday night that two inmates of the county jail have died since Thursday. This ...
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Two more Shelby County Jail inmates have died, marking four deaths within a week
Inside the Shelby County Jail: What a Commercial Appeal reporter ... not the only jail still experiencing problems. A number of cell door locks at the jail have led to inmates being able to ...
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Shelby County Jail inmate dies at hospital after 'medical emergency,' sheriff investigating
The man was found just after 10 p.m.Thursday in his cell "after experiencing a ... say how the drug was able to get into the jail. Inside the Shelby County Jail: What a Commercial Appeal reporter ...