State leaders have expressed reluctance to substantially discipline the private prison operator over its systemic operational ...

(WKRN) — Men incarcerated on death row in Tennessee ... Correction (TDOC) Commissioner Frank Strada and Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Warden Kenneth Nelsen. In their suit, the death row ...

A group of inmates has reached a settlement with the Tennessee Department of Correction after successfully suing the department last year for not providing sign language interpreters and ...

Tennessee houses nearly 29% of its inmates in private prisons, ranking it among the top four states nationally. Since 2000, the number of Tennessee prisoners in private facilities has surged by 95 ...