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Residents urge Shelby County to reject proposed jail site in New Chicago, cite oversight and community plans
Summary
Dozens of residents told the Shelby County Commission Aug. 11 that placing a new jail in New Chicago would harm a historically Black neighborhood and demanded oversight after recent in-custody deaths and blocked revitalization plans; speakers urged alternatives such as housing and mental-health services.
A stream of speakers at the Shelby County commission meeting on Aug. 11 urged commissioners not to site a proposed new jail in the New Chicago neighborhood of North Memphis, describing a history of disinvestment, a previously blocked community revitalization plan, and recent deaths in county custody that they said reflect broken oversight.
"New Chicago needs economic development and affordable housing and not a warehouse for juvenile and adult inmates," Clifford Stockton Jr. told the board, describing the proposed facility as…
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