Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Senate committee on Tuesday approved a $7 million funding boost for private prison operator CoreCivic amid an ongoing ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is testing new technology that could change how prisons are monitored and secured across the state. State leaders recently got a ...

More than 100 beds opened up at the Shelby County Jail on Wednesday after the Tennessee Department of Corrections finally ...

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 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Correction joined the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's jail enforcement model this week, which helps the federal agency in its enforcement of ...

When Moniqueka Gold’s phone rang in the early hours on Jan. 31 last year, she knew something was wrong. For months, she had been grappling with a living nightmare. Now, a new one was about to begin.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The attorney for murder suspect Austin Drummond is fighting a Lake County judge’s order to move him to a state prison while he awaits trial. Drummond’s attorney, Drew Farmer, filed a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Tennessee lawmakers recently questioned whether state prisons and jails are following rules limiting the use of taxpayer dollars for gender-affirming care. Under a state law ...

“It’s not a pay raise,” Correction Commissioner Frank Strada said of the $7M boost. Strada insisted the state’s system of fining CoreCivic for contract violations is working, but the company’s ...