The Tennessee Department of Correction wants to pay $6.8 million more to the state's private-prison operator next year ...

A headstone now marks Sandy Wills' grave at the West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery. For Cheryl Wills, it's mission accomplished. "History really meant for him to be anonymous forever," she said.

Trousdale County with a population of about 12,000 is Tennessee's smallest county by area at 117 square miles. The county seat of Hartsville once had a thriving tobacco market, but the industry had ...

Tennessee has charged CoreCivic $29.6 million in fines for contract violations across all four of its prisons since 2022.

During Gov. Bill Lee’s budget hearings, he addressed filling correctional officer roles. According to Lee, there are more ...

I know of no other general-population prisoners who could visit death row, let alone bring a camera. But Riverbend is unusual ...

DeBarr entered a guilty plea in Upshur County in September 2003, on two counts of Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and was sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary on each count and was ...

Tennessee's corrections chief said Wednesday that the ... The commissioner's comments are the first public estimate of when the state may once again resume executing death row inmates since ...

the West Virginia Penitentiary. This historic building is best known for its spooky tours, but far scarier surprises await ...

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The Tennessee Department of Correction wants to pay $6.8 million more to the state’s private-prison operator next year ...