Rutherford County’s embattled juvenile court judge has her first challenger in more than 20 years. The county’s senior judicial commissioner, Jacob Flatt, announced his plans to run against Judge Donna Scott Davenport in the 2022 election this summer.
Members of Congress are asking for an investigation into Rutherford County’s juvenile court following WPLN’s report
Government officials called Rutherford County’s juvenile justice system a “nightmare” that “boggles the mind.” They are demanding answers about why children were “unjustly searched, detained, charged, and imprisoned.”
Rutherford County’s juvenile court judge is no longer an adjunct instructor at MTSU
Judge Donna Scott Davenport, who oversees Rutherford County’s juvenile court system, will no longer teach at Middle Tennessee State University, according to an email sent to faculty and staff Tuesday evening.
Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.
Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge.
Lawyers Search For Kids Who Were Illegally Jailed In Rutherford County For Multimillion Dollar Settlement
After Rutherford County settled a large class action lawsuit over its policies for arresting and detaining children, lawyers who sued the county are scrambling to find more than a thousand children who are owed compensation. And close to $6 million is at stake.
Rutherford County To Pay Up As Much As $11M For Arrest And Jailing Of Children
Rutherford County has agreed to pay up to $11 million to settle a large, class-action lawsuit over its policies for arresting and detaining children. The settlement, filed in federal court on Wednesday, is the largest in a string of lawsuits surrounding the county’s juvenile court.
Listen: The Promise Radio Special
The hour-long special delves back into history, chronicling the city’s epic 43-year battle over school desegregation and the devastating sacrifices one Black family made in the name of progress and equity.
The Disaster Year: A Reporter Reflects On A Year Marked By Suffering
The night still runs on a loop in my brain, resurfacing too many times a day to count. Especially that particular moment, when the tornado peeled off our roof as I held my son, debris flying, running for the basement. It’s nearly a year later and we’re still not home. So everything reminds me of the storm.
Season 2, Episode 8: The Final Exam
It’s February 2020, and Warner Elementary is rising from one of the lowest performing schools in Tennessee to one of the best. But we all know what happens next. And at a school with low-income students, the challenges of a global pandemic hit especially hard.
Season 2, Episode 7: The Recruitment Divide
There was a time when the decision of where to send your child to school was relatively simple: public or private. Now, those choices have multiplied — and the resulting system of school choice hasn’t solved the inequalities at play.