Just City
@justcity901.bsky.social
We believe criminal justice policy and practice should be fair for all, regardless of wealth, race, or ethnicity.
Memphis, TN | http://justcity.org | media@juscity.org
Memphis, TN | http://justcity.org | media@juscity.org
The Memphis Safe Task Force is NOT about violent crime. It's a roundup.
October 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Memphis Safe Task Force is NOT about violent crime. It's a roundup.
Donald Trump and Gov. Bill Lee's law enforcement occupation of Memphis is in its second week, and we're beginning to see the impact on our local jail, a jail that was already overcrowded and stretched to the limit by mismanagement. It's not good.
Here's what it looks like:
Here's what it looks like:
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Donald Trump and Gov. Bill Lee's law enforcement occupation of Memphis is in its second week, and we're beginning to see the impact on our local jail, a jail that was already overcrowded and stretched to the limit by mismanagement. It's not good.
Here's what it looks like:
Here's what it looks like:
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An important story from my colleague Rebecca Cadenhead @mlk50.com: No school, no fresh air and isolated mlk50.com/2025/10/01/n...
No school, no fresh air and isolated
David spent eight months incarcerated at the Youth Justice and Education Center. Center portrait by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for
mlk50.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
An important story from my colleague Rebecca Cadenhead @mlk50.com: No school, no fresh air and isolated mlk50.com/2025/10/01/n...
Tennessee's incarceration rate for women is 8th among states according to a new @prisonpolicy.org report. www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women...
September 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Tennessee's incarceration rate for women is 8th among states according to a new @prisonpolicy.org report. www.prisonpolicy.org/global/women...
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Even though families and community members are vital to resolving homicides, most don’t get the opportunity to explain how they’d like to be engaged. In this guide, the families of five homicide victims in St. Louis share what they want police to know about investigating killings in their community.
What Families of Homicide Victims in St. Louis Want From Police
For those whose loved ones were killed in St. Louis the investigative process could be improved with empathy, better communication, and frequent updates.
www.themarshallproject.org
August 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Even though families and community members are vital to resolving homicides, most don’t get the opportunity to explain how they’d like to be engaged. In this guide, the families of five homicide victims in St. Louis share what they want police to know about investigating killings in their community.
"Ross said that corrections officers did not intervene during the attack but pepper-sprayed Sanoumegah."
Last week, a man in the Shelby County Jail was stabbed 17 times while officers watched. They ultimately used pepper spray on the alleged assailant.
The victim is now paralyzed.
Last week, a man in the Shelby County Jail was stabbed 17 times while officers watched. They ultimately used pepper spray on the alleged assailant.
The victim is now paralyzed.
Man paralyzed after being stabbed 17 times at 201 Poplar
The victim told The Daily Memphian how the alleged assault began.
dailymemphian.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"Ross said that corrections officers did not intervene during the attack but pepper-sprayed Sanoumegah."
Last week, a man in the Shelby County Jail was stabbed 17 times while officers watched. They ultimately used pepper spray on the alleged assailant.
The victim is now paralyzed.
Last week, a man in the Shelby County Jail was stabbed 17 times while officers watched. They ultimately used pepper spray on the alleged assailant.
The victim is now paralyzed.
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The Shelby County Jail is outdated, but an old jail should NOT be deadly anymore than a new one should.
Seven men have lost their lives in the jail this year alone - none of them because of the age of the building.
We need sweeping changes to leadership and policy before we build a new jail.
Seven men have lost their lives in the jail this year alone - none of them because of the age of the building.
We need sweeping changes to leadership and policy before we build a new jail.
August 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The Shelby County Jail is outdated, but an old jail should NOT be deadly anymore than a new one should.
Seven men have lost their lives in the jail this year alone - none of them because of the age of the building.
We need sweeping changes to leadership and policy before we build a new jail.
Seven men have lost their lives in the jail this year alone - none of them because of the age of the building.
We need sweeping changes to leadership and policy before we build a new jail.
📣📣📣 Good news: $100 show-only tickets just dropped. Join us at Minglewood Hall for @roywoodjr.bsky.social’s headlining set, a conversation with @justinjpearson.bsky.social, and a high-energy DJ after-party. 🥳🥳🥳
JUST CITY — Stand Up
After 10 years of serious justice reform, we all need a few laughs. Join us as we celebrate this milestone with our friends, partners, and supporters.
www.justcity.org
June 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📣📣📣 Good news: $100 show-only tickets just dropped. Join us at Minglewood Hall for @roywoodjr.bsky.social’s headlining set, a conversation with @justinjpearson.bsky.social, and a high-energy DJ after-party. 🥳🥳🥳
Ticket sales for Stand Up with Just City end tomorrow! Get them before they're gone at www.justicty.org/standup
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ticket sales for Stand Up with Just City end tomorrow! Get them before they're gone at www.justicty.org/standup
Shelby County, TN has nearly 3,000 men, women, and children in jail this morning. The vast majority have not been convicted and cannot afford bail.
Right now, 665,000 people are in jail across the US.
Most of them are legally innocent – and many are stuck languishing there because they cannot afford bail.
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2...
Most of them are legally innocent – and many are stuck languishing there because they cannot afford bail.
www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2...
May 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Shelby County, TN has nearly 3,000 men, women, and children in jail this morning. The vast majority have not been convicted and cannot afford bail.
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Thanks @memphisflyer.com for letting us celebrate in your pages this week. Join us on June 8 at Minglewood Hall for a proper celebration featuring @roywoodjr.bsky.social, @justinjpearson.bsky.social, and much more! Tickets at justcity.org/standup
Just City at 10
10 things we’ve done in 10 years (and one party you don’t want to miss).
www.memphisflyer.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thanks @memphisflyer.com for letting us celebrate in your pages this week. Join us on June 8 at Minglewood Hall for a proper celebration featuring @roywoodjr.bsky.social, @justinjpearson.bsky.social, and much more! Tickets at justcity.org/standup
On the verdict in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of #TyreNichols
May 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
On the verdict in the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the killing of #TyreNichols
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Join us, @roywoodjr.bsky.social, and @justinjpearson.bsky.social on June 8th for some much-needed laughs and inspiration as we celebrate 10 years fighting for justice.
Get your tickets at justcity.org/standup today!
Join us, @roywoodjr.bsky.social, and @justinjpearson.bsky.social on June 8th for some much-needed laughs and inspiration as we celebrate 10 years fighting for justice.
Get your tickets at justcity.org/standup today!
April 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
📣 🎟️ 🤣 TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Join us, @roywoodjr.bsky.social, and @justinjpearson.bsky.social on June 8th for some much-needed laughs and inspiration as we celebrate 10 years fighting for justice.
Get your tickets at justcity.org/standup today!
Join us, @roywoodjr.bsky.social, and @justinjpearson.bsky.social on June 8th for some much-needed laughs and inspiration as we celebrate 10 years fighting for justice.
Get your tickets at justcity.org/standup today!
📣 Need a few laughs? After 10 years of serious reform, so do we. Announcing Stand Up with Just City featuring @roywoodjr.bsky.social and @justinjpearson.bsky.social
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🎟️ Individual tickets on sale April 25.
ℹ️ More at justcity.org/standup
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🎟️ Individual tickets on sale April 25.
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April 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
📣 Need a few laughs? After 10 years of serious reform, so do we. Announcing Stand Up with Just City featuring @roywoodjr.bsky.social and @justinjpearson.bsky.social
💸 Sponsorships available now.
🎟️ Individual tickets on sale April 25.
ℹ️ More at justcity.org/standup
💸 Sponsorships available now.
🎟️ Individual tickets on sale April 25.
ℹ️ More at justcity.org/standup
The jail building is not killing people.
Gross negligence, callous indifference, low bids, and thoughtless bail decisions are killing people.
A new jail is a small part of the solution, but blindly taxing the poorest people in our community is NOT the first step. dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
Gross negligence, callous indifference, low bids, and thoughtless bail decisions are killing people.
A new jail is a small part of the solution, but blindly taxing the poorest people in our community is NOT the first step. dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
Lawmakers inch toward sales-tax hike to pay for 'ungodly problem'
“Humanitarian crisis.” “Big liability.” “Ungodly problem.” These are some of the terms Tennessee lawmakers used to describe the Shelby County Jail as they passed a bill to help fund construction of a ...
dailymemphian.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The jail building is not killing people.
Gross negligence, callous indifference, low bids, and thoughtless bail decisions are killing people.
A new jail is a small part of the solution, but blindly taxing the poorest people in our community is NOT the first step. dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
Gross negligence, callous indifference, low bids, and thoughtless bail decisions are killing people.
A new jail is a small part of the solution, but blindly taxing the poorest people in our community is NOT the first step. dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
✅⚖️🔫 A bill being considered in Tennessee will formalize the voting rights restoration process and require that a person also have all firearm rights restored in order to vote.🤯
We discussed this and much more in our latest podcast episode, "Raisins, Spam, & Spaghetti Noodles."
Listen up! 📣
We discussed this and much more in our latest podcast episode, "Raisins, Spam, & Spaghetti Noodles."
Listen up! 📣
JUST CITY — The Permanent Record
A podcast from Just City, featuring conversations about the criminal justice system and how we can work together to make it smaller, fairer, and better for everyone.
www.justcity.org
March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
✅⚖️🔫 A bill being considered in Tennessee will formalize the voting rights restoration process and require that a person also have all firearm rights restored in order to vote.🤯
We discussed this and much more in our latest podcast episode, "Raisins, Spam, & Spaghetti Noodles."
Listen up! 📣
We discussed this and much more in our latest podcast episode, "Raisins, Spam, & Spaghetti Noodles."
Listen up! 📣
"Shelby County has a problem, but the solution isn’t another jail. For decades, government officials have relied on incarceration as their primary response to crime, funneling thousands of people – primarily Black, brown, and poor – into an inhumane and fundamentally unjust criminal legal system."
Opinion: Building a new jail won’t make us safer
Memphis opinion by Tyler Foster: A new jail won’t make Memphis safer. But investing in people will.
dailymemphian.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"Shelby County has a problem, but the solution isn’t another jail. For decades, government officials have relied on incarceration as their primary response to crime, funneling thousands of people – primarily Black, brown, and poor – into an inhumane and fundamentally unjust criminal legal system."
"Sigmon's head will be covered by a hood and a target will be placed over his heart. Three prison employees will be prepared to shoot Sigmon from a distance of about 15 feet."
A free and civil society does not behave this way.
A free and civil society does not behave this way.
Excellent story about all the questions South Carolina refuses to answer about its upcoming execution by firing squad:
www.npr.org/2025/03/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/04/n...
South Carolina plans to carry out a firing squad execution. Is it safe for witnesses?
South Carolina plans to execute its first prisoner by firing squad on March 7 inside the same death chamber it's used for dozens of other executions. Firearms experts say that could be risky.
www.npr.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Sigmon's head will be covered by a hood and a target will be placed over his heart. Three prison employees will be prepared to shoot Sigmon from a distance of about 15 feet."
A free and civil society does not behave this way.
A free and civil society does not behave this way.
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News: The Tennessee Supreme Court has ordered four men to be executed before the end of this year, setting up the return of the state’s death penalty after five years without an execution. nashvillebanner.com/2025/03/03/t...
Tennessee to carry out executions after five-year hiatus - Nashville Banner
Tennessee Supreme Court orders four men to be executed before the end of the year, resuming the state's death penalty after a five-year hiatus.
nashvillebanner.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 PM
News: The Tennessee Supreme Court has ordered four men to be executed before the end of this year, setting up the return of the state’s death penalty after five years without an execution. nashvillebanner.com/2025/03/03/t...
🎙️🎙️🎙️When it was built in the early 1980s, the Shelby County (TN) Jail was called a "glamour slammer."
45 years later, it's a death trap.
We talked to two reporters from @mlk50memphis.bsky.social about jail conditions, the Sheriff's media blitz, and more.
Listen up! 📣📣📣
45 years later, it's a death trap.
We talked to two reporters from @mlk50memphis.bsky.social about jail conditions, the Sheriff's media blitz, and more.
Listen up! 📣📣📣
JUST CITY — The Permanent Record
A podcast from Just City, featuring conversations about the criminal justice system and how we can work together to make it smaller, fairer, and better for everyone.
justcity.org
February 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🎙️🎙️🎙️When it was built in the early 1980s, the Shelby County (TN) Jail was called a "glamour slammer."
45 years later, it's a death trap.
We talked to two reporters from @mlk50memphis.bsky.social about jail conditions, the Sheriff's media blitz, and more.
Listen up! 📣📣📣
45 years later, it's a death trap.
We talked to two reporters from @mlk50memphis.bsky.social about jail conditions, the Sheriff's media blitz, and more.
Listen up! 📣📣📣
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Do you or someone you know have guns you no longer want? If you're in Memphis, bring them to us Saturday, and we'll transform them into something beautiful. And you'll get a Kroger gift card in return. Everybody wins! 🔫 >>> 🌹
February 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Do you or someone you know have guns you no longer want? If you're in Memphis, bring them to us Saturday, and we'll transform them into something beautiful. And you'll get a Kroger gift card in return. Everybody wins! 🔫 >>> 🌹
“The presumption of innocence has potentially suffered a knock-out blow.” - @joshspickler.bsky.social
County Commission chooses Criminal Court Judge Bill Anderson's replacement
The new General Sessions Criminal Court judge was chosen by Shelby County Board of Commissioners on Monday, Feb.24, on the third ballot. She takes office March 1.
dailymemphian.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“The presumption of innocence has potentially suffered a knock-out blow.” - @joshspickler.bsky.social
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Arizona lawmakers have re-filed a bill to limit the use of "felony murder"—a technique that allows prosecutors to charge people with murder even if they haven’t killed anyone. Multiple people have been imprisoned for killings committed by police. theappeal.org/arizona-bill...
AZ Lawmakers Again Try to Limit Controversial ‘Felony Murder’ Law
The felony murder law allows prosecutors to charge people with murder even if they haven’t killed anyone, including for killings by police.
theappeal.org
February 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Arizona lawmakers have re-filed a bill to limit the use of "felony murder"—a technique that allows prosecutors to charge people with murder even if they haven’t killed anyone. Multiple people have been imprisoned for killings committed by police. theappeal.org/arizona-bill...