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Council requires special-use approval for correctional facilities after New Chicago protests
Summary
The council adopted an amendment to the Memphis and Shelby County Unified Development Code that would require special-use approval citywide for correctional facilities, a response to community opposition to a proposed jail in New Chicago.
The Memphis City Council voted Feb. 24 to amend the city’s development code so that correctional facilities — including detention centers, jails and prisons — would require special‑use approval from the council before being sited within city limits.
The ordinance (Ordinance No. 5958) was sponsored by Councilwoman Doctor Easter Thomas and cosponsors and came after dozens of residents and community leaders urged the council to block a proposed jail site in New Chicago. Zoe…
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