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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 6, 2025

A proposal to build a new jail and relocate all criminal and civil justice institutions in Shelby County to the former Firestone plant site in north Memphis recently was presented to the Shelby County Commission. According to the Daily Memphian, the first phase of the estimated $1.3 billion plan would move the county jail and criminal courts from downtown to the 71-acre site. Future phases could include relocating civil and federal courts. The second phase would build new facilities for chancery, circuit, general sessions and probate courts, while the third phase would add the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office training facility, the Mark Luttrell Transition Center, the Shelby County Corrections Facility and the Federal Correctional Institution of Memphis. Kemp Conrad, who presented the proposal, said leaders have met with community advocates and stakeholders over the last seven months to discuss the new site, which could be completed in three years.