Shelby County has no way to enforce an ordinance passed in August to curb the use of solitary confinement in the Youth Justice and Education Center, experts say. The legislation prohibits isolating children for more than two continuous hours, or more than six hours in one day. But a 2021 state law set identical standards […]

Shelby County has no way to enforce its new solitary confinement ordinance, experts sayis a post fromMLK50: Justice Through Journalism, a nonprofit news outlet in Memphis focusing on the intersection of poverty, power and policy.