Shelby county is making history as the first southern government to end solitary confinement. Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will sign an executive order to end solitary ...

The signing will make Shelby County the first government in the South to implement the Mandela Rules standard.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is signing an executive order to limit solitary confinement at prisons. Harris will sign the bill Wednesday morning to adopt the United Nations Minimum Standards for the ...

Attorneys within the case and outside the case all say this is rare and unique. They said it’s rare for a judge to preside ...