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Brushy Mountain State Prison, 2009. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, last named Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex, (or, unofficially, Brushy) was a maximum-security prison in the community of Petros in Morgan County, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. It was established in 1896 and operated until 2009.
Morgan County Correctional Complex: Morgan: Wartburg: 1980 [3] Northeast Correctional Complex: Johnson: Mountain City: 1991 [4] Carter County Annex Carter: Roan Mountain: 1986 closed 2021 Northwest Correctional Complex: Lake: Tiptonville: 1981 [5] site 2 1992 site 1 Riverbend Maximum Security Institution: Davidson: Nashville: 1989 [6] Turney ...
An expansion completed in 2009 increased its capacity to 2,500 prisoners. The prison is accredited by the American Correctional Association. The current warden is Mike Parris. [1] When the Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex closed in June 2009, its functions and most inmates and staff were transferred to the Morgan County Correctional Complex ...
The Oklahoma State Penitentiary, nicknamed "Big Mac", [3] is a prison of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections located in McAlester, Oklahoma, on 1,556 acres (6.30 km 2). Opened in 1908 with 50 inmates in makeshift facilities, today the prison holds more than 750 male offenders, [1] the vast majority of which are maximum-security inmates.
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC or ODOC) is an agency of the state of Oklahoma. DOC is responsible for the administration of the state prison system. It has its headquarters in Oklahoma City, [2] across the street from the headquarters of the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety. The Board of Corrections are appointees: five members ...
The Department of Youth Services was created, with all juvenile responsibilities and functions transferred from the Department of Correction. In March 1992, the operation of the South Central Correctional Center was contracted to the Corrections Corporation of America, with the facility being a test case of privatization of prison operations ...
Mountain[edit] Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary opened in 1896 in the aftermath of the Coal Creek War, an 1891 lockout of coal miners that took place in Coal Creek and Briceville, Tennessee, after miners protested the use of unpaid convict leasing in the mines. This labor conflict was eventually resolved in favor of the coal miners, with a ...
State prisons. Charles E. Johnson Correctional Center. Dick Conner Correctional Center. Dr. Eddie Warrior Correctional Center (inmate capacity 783) Howard McLeod Correctional Center (inmate capacity 616) Jackie Brannon Correctional Center (inmate capacity 737) James Crabtree Correctional Center. Jess Dunn Correctional Center (inmate capacity 1129)