Podcast Explores Reporting on Rutherford County Juvenile Court - Articles

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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 24, 2021

A recent episode of the “Today Explained” podcast explores the recent reporting by ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio into Rutherford County's juvenile justice system. The report found that the county has “a staggering history of jailing children” and employs an illegal filtering system for determining which children go to jail. Host Sean Rameswaram talks to NPR’s Meribah Knight, who discusses why the judge at the center of the investigation is still in charge of the juvenile court. Listen to “Ruthless County, Tennessee” on Spotify or on your favorite podcast app.