Local prosecutors have said they are "drowning" in prison crime cases at Trousdale, prosecuting more than 204 prison offenses ...

Laron Lumpkin is one of more than 150 people who died in prison in Tennessee this fiscal year. Tennessee prisons were twice ...

A Senate committee on Tuesday approved a $7 million funding boost for private prison operator CoreCivic amid an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for alleged violations at the ...

Tennessee prisons have seen some improvements in correctional officer vacancy rates over the past year, as well better policy and training under the Prison Rape Elimination Act. Those are some of the ...

State lawmakers are suggesting a new idea aimed at increasing transparency inside one of Tennessee's most troubled prisons.

Prosecution of the riot is being handled by the office of Jason Lawson, District Attorney General for Tennessee’s 15th ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - CoreCivic, the private company that operates four of Tennessee’s largest prisons, is under fire amid allegations of inmate abuse, inhumane conditions and insufficient ...

TROUSDALE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — There’s a call for change at one of Tennessee’s most dangerous prisons, the Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility. The most recent incident, was a riot that put the ...

There are only a few ways to get behind the historic walls of the now-abandoned Tennessee State Prison on Bomar Boulevard in West Nashville. You could: A) work in Hollywood, as the remarkable fortress ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - More than 100 beds opened up at the Shelby County Jail on Wednesday after the Tennessee Department of Corrections finally welcomed the majority of convicted criminals awaiting ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Federal Communications Commission recently took the first step in allowing state and local prisons to use technology that blocks cellphone signals in hopes of stopping ...