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What, to the Black Nashvillian, is the scariest place in Nashville?
The horror, the horror!
What, to the Black Nashvillian, is the scariest place in Nashville?
Judge Sheila Calloway says this is why Nashville needs a new juvenile justice center
Sheila Calloway is at the center of local conversations about justice. As the presiding judge of Nashville’s juvenile court, she has found new ways to hold young people accountable without sending them to jail. She’s now leading the effort to build a larger and less prison-like juvenile detention facility, and she’s also on the front […]
For years, teens came to Nashville to ask for a judge’s permission to get abortions instead of telling their parents. That’s done, leaving ‘zero options.’
For years in Tennessee, teens have traveled to Nashville to get a judge’s approval for an abortion, instead of asking their parents. But that’s no longer an option, and that leaves young people with few places to turn.
Nashville has worked to reduce arrests in schools. Will increased police presence reverse that?
The leader of the Juvenile Court is hoping that the higher police presence in Metro Schools doesn’t mean more kids will be arrested.
Nashville teens are ‘car hopping’ – trying unlocked car doors to see what they can find. Often, it’s guns.
Some of the guns stolen from cars in Nashville end up in the hands of young people. The consequences can be deadly.
After Escape Of Four Teens, Nashville’s Juvenile Detention Center Operator Will Pay Metro
Nashville’s Metro Council is preparing to settle a lawsuit with the private company that operates the city’s Juvenile Detention Center, after four teens escaped last fall.
WPLN News Coronavirus Live Blog: Tennessee Inmate Tests Positive For COVID-19
This is WPLN’s latest live blog, which will be updated regularly with news on the spread of coronavirus in Tennessee.
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