Tennessee Judge Sam Benningfield and White County Sheriff Oddie Shoupe will no longer be able to coerce inmates into sterilization, thanks to a federal court order putting their controversial eugenics program to an end. Several inmates sued, and in 2017, Shoupe was publicly reprimanded by Tennessee officials, but the court order officially means the program … Continue reading Tennessee officials coerced inmates into sterilization in ‘modern day eugenics scheme’