Josh Keefe is a freelance journalist. Previously, he was an investigative reporter for The Tennessean and The Bangor Daily News. You can email him at Josh.Keefe.85 at gmail.com.
In 2019, the year Gov. Bill Lee took office, Tennessee law enforcement made more than 20,000 juvenile arrests. By last year, that number had fallen about a third to 14,000, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation data. Some leaders might tout those numbers as evidence of an effective approach to juvenile crime, especially since the […]