Attorneys for nine death row inmates argue the state’s new lethal injection protocol contains even fewer protections than the plan found deficient in 2022.
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.
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.
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.
How Tennessee quietly made it harder for prisoners to access books
Due to a 2024 policy change by the state, nonprofits that have sent free books to prisoners for over 50 years can’t serve Tennessee anymore.
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.
Thousands of women on probation or parole in Tennessee need to seek approval to leave the state for abortion care
About 4 out of 5 women on probation or parole live in a state where abortion is limited. More than 16,000 women are under supervision in Tennessee.
Inside one Tennessee prison, men with life sentences mentor first-timers on navigating life behind bars and after release
People serving life sentences often have a lot of sway over the culture of a prison — they remain, while others cycle in and out. At a prison about an hour southwest of Nashville, men with life sentences are trying to use that influence for good.
Tennessee prisons install high-tech scanners to try to deter contraband
Starting in 2023, high-tech screenings will be the new standard at Tennessee’s state prisons, as officials fight to control a wave of deadly drugs being snuck inside the gates.
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