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Shelby. Memphis. 1976 as male institution [9] converted to female institution in 1999. Tennessee Prison for Women. Davidson. Nashville. 1966 [10] Bledsoe County Correctional Complex.
As of April 30, 2020, the Tennessee Department of Corrections supervised sixteen prisons (counting two women's prisons as distinct from the men's prisons on the same site), including four private prisons operated by CoreCivic. These facilities have a total of 24,069 beds and an operating capacity to house 23,202 imprisoned individuals.
1898. Tennessee State Prison is a former correctional facility located six miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Cockrill Bend. It opened in 1898 and has been closed since 1992 because of overcrowding concerns. [ 1 ] The facility was severely damaged by an EF3 tornado in the tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020.
2,377 [1] Managed by. Tennessee Department of Correction. The Northwest Correctional Complex is a state prison located in Tiptonville, Lake County, Tennessee. It is owned and operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. [2] The facility can hold 2,391 inmates at a range of security levels. [3][4] It has the second largest capacity of any ...
480 Green Chapel Road. Henning, Tennessee. Status. open. Managed by. Tennessee Department of Correction. West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) is a Tennessee Department of Correction prison located in unincorporated Lauderdale County, Tennessee, near Henning. [1] Site #1 of WTSP formerly housed the Cold Creek Correctional Facility.
The Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, formerly the Tennessee Prison for Women, is a Tennessee Department of Correction prison for women located in Nashville, Tennessee. [2] DJRC, the state's primary women's correctional facility, houses women of all custody levels. The prison serves as the state's new female prisoner intake and ...
As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons. [8] The state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, however, authorizes one single private prison for state inmates. [9] As of 2016 Tennessee technically contracts directly with CoreCivic for inmates held at South Central Correctional Facility. For Trousdale and the two ...
The Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility is a maximum-security prison in Nashville, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. Opened in 1992, the facility houses prisoners with multiple and complex medical problems. The facility has a 250 bed-per-month turnover.