There are 5 article(s) tagged Shelby County Corrections Department:

• December 2025

  • Sheriff answers mayor’s complaints about County Jail with complaints of his own

    Sheriff Floyd Bonner faults Mayor Lee Harris for problems at the County Corrections Center and not being responsive in assisting with problems at the jail.

    By Bill Dries December 05, 2025

• January 2022

  • Pay raises for corrections workers part of crime fight, Lee Harris says

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said the raises approved this month for 200 corrections center guards are being funded in part by fees the Justice Department is paying the county as it closes down a privately run federal prison. And he said more raises and bonuses are coming for others.

    By Bill Dries January 16, 2022

• June 2020

  • Harris issues virus measures in county prisons, detention centers

    The measures, effective immediately, include no out-of-county prisoners into the four facilities and more access to visitation and prison programs by video livestream. They follow a testing surge for prisoners and staff earlier in June.

    By Bill Dries June 30, 2020

• May 2020

  • Testing surge planned in June at correctional center

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris made the announcement Friday at the end of an eventful week that includes a lawsuit over COVID-19 cases at the Shelby County Jail, calls for testing at the correctional center and a sit-in by jail prisoners with the virus as they were moved out of isolation.

    By Bill Dries May 22, 2020

• November 2019

  • Inmates take classes in U of M culinary program

    Inmates take the first three courses at the Shelby County Detention Center and have the chance to transfer to credits to the University of Memphis new culinary arts program.

    By Jane Roberts November 20, 2019