New jail plan targets Firestone site, aims to move more than jail
A plan to build a new jail and relocate every criminal and civil justice institution in Shelby County to the former Firestone plant site in North Memphis was presented to the Shelby County Commission on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The first phase of the plan would cost an estimated $1.3 billion. (Submitted)
A plan to build a new jail and relocate every criminal and civil justice institution in Shelby County to the former Firestone plant site in North Memphis was presented to the Shelby County Commission.
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