The State and Local Government Corrections Subcommittee recommended a pilot program Tuesday for the state’s private-prison ...

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

A closed prison in Tennessee has been approved as the latest state facility to be repurposed into a detention facility for illegal immigrants who have been arrested by Immigration and Customs ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A group of Tennessee lawmakers is exploring the idea of equipping prison guards with body cameras, ...

Laron Lumpkin is one of more than 150 people who died in prison in Tennessee this fiscal year. Tennessee prisons were twice as deadly as they were 20 years ago, data shows. The Tennessee Department of ...

SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - A new study shows Tennessee prisoners have some of the shortest sentence terms in the nation. It's a fact that's alarming some taxpayers and prosecutors. Commit a crime in the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Families who have lost loved ones in Tennessee prisons gathered this week in Lebanon to share their stories and demand reform by state lawmakers, hoping their voices will ...

While early forms of for-profit prisons first began operating in the U.S. during the 19th century via prison labor and convict leasing, state, local and federal governments were the primary entities ...

MASON, Tenn. (AP) — Officials in a rural Tennessee town voted Tuesday to approve agreements to turn a former prison into an immigration detention facility operated by a private company, despite loud ...