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Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean. November 1, 2023 at 6:03 AM. A man incarcerated at a maximum-security prison in Nashville says in a lawsuit filed in federal court last month that he was ...
June 23, 2024 at 11:24 AM. Many Tennessean inmates say the prison department is incorrectly calculating their sentences, and a court has already sided with them on one issue. With a set of ...
In Tennessee, hanging was a legal method of execution until 1913, when executions were suspended for two years. In 1915, the electric chair was introduced and used for 45 years. Between 1960 and 2000, the death penalty however was not applied in Tennessee. The death penalty was reinstated there in 1975, but executions did not resume until 2000 ...
The Tennessee Department of Correction ( TDOC) is a Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government responsible for the oversight of more than 20,000 convicted offenders in Tennessee's fourteen prisons, three of which are privately managed by CoreCivic. The department is headed by the Tennessee Commissioner of Correction, who is ...
May 14, 2024 at 3:34 PM. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has approved legislation allowing the death penalty in child rape convictions, a change the Republican-controlled ...
The United States incarcerates more of its youth than any other country in the world, through the juvenile courts and the adult criminal justice system, which reflects the larger trends in incarceration practices in the United States. In 2010, approximately 70,800 juveniles were incarcerated in youth detention facilities alone. [1]
A corrections officer accused of assaulting an inmate in her jail cell faces charges in Tennessee, officials say. ... the 7th Judicial District attorney general said in an April 15 news release.
The Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP), also known as the "Castle on the Cumberland," is a maximum security and supermax prison with capacity for 856 prisoners located in Eddyville, Kentucky on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) from downtown Eddyville. [1] It is managed by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.