After losing his son in a private prison, Tim Leeper fought for reofm and Tennessee lawmakers listened. Now private prisons with high death rates will face consequences.

She’ll be pumping gas or buying groceries, at a community or other sundry event, doing everyday things. A person in the near ...

Wellness is vital to avoid a return to prison, but they often reenter society without health insurance or medicine for ...

We have a follow up to the barricade situation in the 100 block of Lee Street in Jackson that we brought you Tuesday night.

On June 24, 2025, at approximately 6:00 p.m., officers with the Jackson Police Department responded to assist Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) Probation and Parole officers in locating a ...

The Tennessee Department of Education will not be tracking whether applicants for the Education Freedom Scholarship Program ...

An inmate sexually assaulted a staff member at the Hardeman County Correctional Facility last week, according to CoreCivic, a ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction announced the launch of a digital mail delivery pilot program at three facilities ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction will be reducing the number of inmates at privately-run Trousdale Turner in the wake of a prison riot that injured a staffer and inmates, according to state ...

Tennessee’s corrections agency has fined CoreCivic $37.7 million across ... Department of Correction spokesperson Sarah Gallagher said the agency is developing a procedure to calculate and ...

Despite a major increase in prison officer salaries, the Tennessee Department of Correction is hitting personnel shortages, forcing it to bring in a “floating security crew” at state facilities.