A new round of mass testing at Tennessee prisons has uncovered small outbreaks at several state-run facilities. The Department of Correction says about 400 people who were swabbed last week have come back positive so far.
How Tennessee’s Pre-Trial ‘Safekeeping’ Laws Differ From Other States
Listen Tennessee law allows judges to send people charged with crimes to a state prison — in solitary confinement — while they’re waiting for a trial. Sometimes it’s because they were deemed violent, but they can also be put away because they have a medical or mental health issue that the county jail can’t accommodate.
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