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New report is a call to action to improve Tennessee’s juvenile justice system

Rose Gilbert

February 19, 2024

Disability Rights Tennessee and the Youth Law Center have published a new report on the state’s juvenile criminal justice system, offering suggestions on how to prevent abuse inside detention facilities, and set kids up for success after they leave.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: DCS, Disability Rights Tennessee, juvenile detention, wilder youth development center, Youth Law Center

DCS gets approval to add more beds for kids in state custody, but not without being told to think bigger in the future

Blaise Gainey

July 13, 2023

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services got approval to add 72 more beds for housing juvenile inmates. And they plan to ask for 500 more next session. But some lawmakers think they will need even more.  

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Cameron Sexton, DCS, Disability Rights Tennessee, Margie Quin, Tennessee Department of Children's Services

Report: Child abuse and neglect are costing Tennessee billions of dollars a year

Alexis Marshall

June 7, 2023

Abuse and neglect take an enormous emotional toll on children across Tennessee. Now, a new report estimates the economic impact of child abuse, and finds it’s costing the state billions of dollars each year.  

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: child abuse, child neglect, DCS, Second Look Commission, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, Tennessee Department of Children's Services

A top Republican pauses Gov. Bill Lee’s attempt to disband the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth

Blaise Gainey

March 22, 2023

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A bill, which seemed to be retaliatory, would’ve dissolved a commission made to audit the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. The idea came straight from the governor’s office, but it is no longer being pursued.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Bill Lee, DCS, Jack Johnson, legislature, Tennessee Department of Children's Services, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol, William Lamberth

A Black family from Georgia is still not reunited with their five kids who were taken into DCS custody in Tennessee

Paige Pfleger

March 20, 2023

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It’s been about a month since Bianca Clayborne and Deonte Williams were separated from their five children following a traffic stop in rural Tennessee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Coffee County, criminal justice, DCS, Department of Children's Services, juvenile justice

Tennessee Democrats demand DCS release children taken from Black family after a traffic stop

Cynthia AbramsandBlaise Gainey

March 16, 2023

Tennessee Democrats are demanding the state’s Department of Children’s Services return five Black children taken from their parents following a traffic stop in Coffee County last month, the details of which quickly went viral after the Tennessee Lookout first reported the story on Thursday.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Coffee County, DCS, Department of Children's Services, London Lamar, Tennessee Department of Children's Services, tnleg, tnpol

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services says fewer children are sleeping in its offices

Paige Pfleger

March 1, 2023

The Department of Children’s Services commissioner gave an update to the legislature that showed improvements to the troubled system.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, DCS, General Assembly, legislature, Tennessee Department of Children's Services, Tennessee Legislature, tnleg, tnpol

Child welfare advocates ask DCS to look to previous federal oversight for a path forward

Blake Farmer

February 2, 2023

Bill Lee at DCS

Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services could stand to revisit federal oversight that lifted in 2017, say child welfare advocates and legal experts. The court settlement known as “Brian A” required that the state spend money on critical improvements, like having enough case managers so they didn’t handle more than 20 children at a time.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: DCS, Department of Children's Services, Margie Quin, Mary Walker, Tennessee Department of Children's Services, Zoe Jamail

House Speaker Cameron Sexton talks roadways, abortion, crime and more 

Blaise Gainey

January 14, 2023

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The 113th General Assembly kicked off last week and to get a preview of what to expect WPLN’s Political Reporter Blaise Gainey sat with Crossville Republican Cameron Sexton who’s been elected to another term as House Speaker.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, Cameron Sexton, criminal justice, DCS, infrastructure, toll lanes

At the Statehouse: What to expect during the Tennessee Legislature’s 2023 session

Blaise Gainey

January 9, 2023

Infrastructure, exceptions to Tennessee’s abortion law and funding for the Department of Children’s Services are expected to be top issues this session.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 113th Tennessee General Assembly, Abortion, DCS, infrastructure, Politics, Tennessee Legislature, tnpol, toll roads, TVA

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