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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. [2] The West Tennessee High Security Facility (WTHSF) became operational in 1990. [3]
Cold Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) was a Tennessee Department of Correction prison located in unincorporated Lauderdale County, Tennessee, near Henning. [1] CCCC is now the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) Site #2. [2] The prison facility was previously named the West Tennessee High Security Facility and the Fort Pillow State ...
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 ]
A former ballerina was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday in the 2020 shooting death of her estranged husband in Florida. CBS affiliate WTSP reports that Ashley Benefield was sentenced to 20 ...
The private prison industry has long fueled its growth on the proposition that it is a boon to taxpayers, delivering better outcomes at lower costs than state facilities. But significant evidence undermines that argument: the tendency of young people to return to crime once they get out, for example, and long-term contracts that can leave ...
January 1, 1986, was the date of the most infamous riot in the history of the penitentiary. The West Virginia Penitentiary was undergoing many changes and problems, and security had become extremely thin in all areas. Since it was a "cons" prison, most of the locks on the cells had been picked and inmates roamed the halls freely.
CBS affiliate WTSP BALTIMORE -- Brandon Russell, the leader of a neo-Nazi group, was found guilty of conspiring to attack Maryland's power grid in a terrorist plot, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
The prison was infested with ants and cockroaches, toilets were frequently clogged and children reported finding bugs in their meager portions of food. “From day one, it was hell,” said Jerry Blanton, a former monitor with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, who was then tasked with inspecting Thompson Academy.