The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is testing new technology that could change how prisons are monitored and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The attorney for murder suspect Austin Drummond is fighting a Lake County judge’s order to move him to a state ...

Body-worn cameras are not used by guards inside Tennessee’s prisons but some made the case for them in a Tennessee Senate hearing Tuesday, though state corrections officials pushed back. The hearing ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WMC) - The Tennessee Department of Corrections will transition from physical mail to scanned, digitized personal mail for inmates at all TDOC facilities. This transition will begin ...

In September, Brenda Kay Spitzbarth traveled more than two hours from her home in Maryville to Lebanon to attend a town hall event focused on prison reform in Tennessee. During the Q&A portion of the ...

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 ...

The Tennessee Department of Corrections will transfer some inmates to state-run facilities following an overnight riot at the violence-plagued Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, officials said. The ...

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 ...

State Sen. Ken Yager, R-Kingston, questioned TDOC chief Frank Strada during a finance committee hearing Wednesday.

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 ...