Tennessee put a hold on executions in 2022 due to concerns about its lethal injection protocol. This morning, the state resumed executions, using lethal injection to put to death Oscar Franklin Smith.
As Tennessee prisons phase out physical mail, prisoners weigh in
The Tennessee Department of Correction is phasing out physical mail and deploying table-style computers to all people in prison.
Tennessee Department of Correction will offer more accommodations for deaf incarcerated people after lawsuit settlement
Deaf, incarcerated people in TDOC custody will have access to videophones, sign language interpreters and other options behind bars.
After disruption, nonprofits will be able to send books to Tennessee prisoners again
Last year, the Tennessee Department of Correction made it impossible for books-to-prisons nonprofits to mail books to prisoners in Tennessee.
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.
State lawmakers ‘disturbed’ by findings that the Department of Corrections failed to appropriately prevent and investigate sexual assault
State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want answers from the Tennessee Department of Corrections (TDOC) about how it handles sexual assault following an audit from the state comptroller’s office. That audit discovered the department had violated state policy and the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA).
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