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County Location Year opened Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center 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 Bledsoe: Pikeville: Houses 300 female inmates in a separate unit originally built as a men’s annex.
As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons, all run by Corrections Corporation of America. [7] According to the state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, which authorizes only one private prison for state inmates, [8] Tennessee contracts directly with CCA for inmates held at South Central Correctional Facility. For ...
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 others, the state circumvents the statute by contracting with the local county.
Anderson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in the northern part of the state in East Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, its population was 77,123. [2] Its county seat is Clinton. [3] Anderson County is included in the Knoxville, TN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The second Tennessee State Penitentiary closed in June 1992. As part of the settlement in a class action suit, Grubbs v. Bradley (1982), [6] the Federal Court issued a permanent injunction in 1993, prohibiting the Tennessee Department of Correction from ever again housing inmates at the Tennessee State Prison. [10]
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 state prison in Tennessee after the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center. [3] As of May 31, 2020, there were 1,958 in the facility. [3]
Pages in category "Unincorporated communities in Anderson County, Tennessee" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Counties of Tennessee Location State of Tennessee Number 95 Populations 5,128 (Pickett) - 910,042 (Shelby) Areas 114 sq mi (300 km 2) (Trousdale) -755 sq mi (1,960 km 2) (Shelby) Government County government Subdivisions cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place There are 95 counties in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2023, Shelby County was both Tennessee's most ...