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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 29, 2025

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) said significantly fewer individuals being held on state charges are being housed in the downtown Memphis jail, a move officials said could help free up taxpayer dollars. Local Memphis reports that it costs the county roughly $100 per day to hold one person at the jail and the state reimburses just $39 of that amount, leaving the county to cover the rest. According to the sheriff’s office, 113 incarcerated individuals have already been transferred to the Tennessee Department of Corrections and another 92 are scheduled to be moved this week. Officials said the process has been in the works for more than a month.