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Institute for Public Service Reporting – Memphis

All posts tagged "Just City"

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