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Institute for Public Service Reporting – Memphis

All posts tagged "Josh Spickler"

Watchdog

New Age of Transparency Hasn’t Arrived For Most MPD Cases

Memphis police have shot or killed seven people since late November. Authorities have released bodycam footage in just one of those cases: The beating...

Laura Kebede-TwumasiFebruary 4, 2023

Criminal Justice and Policing

MPD Posts New Use of Force Data, Yet Secrecy Concerns Remain

IPSR article inspired City Council to seek greater transparency

Marc PerrusquiaMarch 13, 2021

Josh Spickler of Just City heads to the Shelby County Jail to post five bonds on March 22, 2020. Spickler plans to bail a series of inmates from the county jail to help them escape the threat of possible COVID-19 infection. He has up to $75K available from the RFK Human Rights organization and others. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Josh Spickler of Just City heads to the Shelby County Jail to post five bonds on March 22, 2020. Spickler plans to bail a series of inmates from the county jail to help them escape the threat of possible COVID-19 infection. He has up to $75K available from the RFK Human Rights organization and others. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

The Pandemic

COVID’s spread in jail triggers effort to help inmates who can’t afford bail

A damp chill hung over downtown Memphis as Josh Spickler walked up to the Shelby County Jail to bail out five inmates he’d never...

Marc PerrusquiaMarch 24, 2020

Reform advocates say more efforts need to be made to ensure the poor aren’t being put at undue risk in jail during the coronavirus threat. (Daily Memphian file)

Reform advocates say more efforts need to be made to ensure the poor aren’t being put at undue risk in jail during the coronavirus threat. (Daily Memphian file)

The Pandemic

COVID-19 threatens vulnerable jail population

Reformists say more is needed to ensure the poor aren't at undue risk in jail during the coronavirus crisis

Marc PerrusquiaMarch 20, 2020