A judge has blocked a Tennessee-based private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials.
The Governor’s family business and major lobbying companies received thousands from new franchise tax refunds
Tennessee’s Department of Revenue has officially released the names of businesses that received tax refunds due to the franchise tax reform bill passed last year.
TN Republicans want a new public prison, as its private prison asks for more state dollars
Tennessee’s Department of Correction is asking for nearly $7 million in public funds to go toward the state’s for-profit prisons.
Despite DOJ probe, Tennessee’s Department of Correction maintains that private prison operator is a ‘very good partner’
TDOC commissioner Frank Strada told the state legislature that his department is making strides. That didn’t go over well with some lawmakers.
Tennessee fines the largest private prison operator millions for understaffing
The state has withheld over $29 million from CoreCivic for violating Tennessee standards for prison operation.
US Justice Department investigating ‘endemic’ violence at Tennessee for-profit prison
Trousdale Turner Correctional Center has the highest homicide rate of any prison in the country and is one of the most understaffed, according to data compiled by the DOJ.
NashVillager Podcast: Prison conditions in Tennessee
Just how bad is life in Tennessee’s prisons? Plus the local news for July 15, 2024.
28 people have died of overdoses in Tennessee’s prisons this year. Lawsuits blame understaffing and easily available drugs.
More than two dozen people have died of overdoses behind bars in Tennessee this year. Twelve of those deaths happened in privately operated prisons, run by Brentwood-based CoreCivic.
The other epidemic: Overdoses are spiking in Tennessee prisons, as deadly drugs circulate through supposedly secure facilities
Drug deaths have jumped more than eightfold in Tennessee prisons in the past two years. That’s left people inside, their loved ones and even officials feeling desperate.
Lawsuit: Tennessee private prison should improve conditions or be shut down
The family of a man who was killed in a Tennessee prison last year has sued the private, Brentwood-based company that runs it.
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