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Facility County Location Year opened Year closed Tennessee State Penitentiary: Davidson: Nashville: 1831 [a] 1992 [b] Cold Creek Correctional Facility: Lauderdale: Henning: 1938 [c] 1999 Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex: Morgan: Petros: 1896 [d] 2009 [e] Charles Bass Correctional Complex: Davidson Nashville: 1946 (annex) 2015 [17] 1979 ...
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 ...
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]
The Turney Center Industrial Complex is a state prison in Only, Hickman County, Tennessee, owned and operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. [2] The facility opened in 1971 originally serving as Turney Center for Youthful Offenders.
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 .
The prison facility was previously named the West Tennessee High Security Facility and the Fort Pillow State Prison and Farm. [3] The Fort Pillow Prison and Farm originally opened in December 1937. [3] As of July 13, 1998 the institution supported a 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) farming operation. [1] In 1999 the Cold Creek Correctional Facility closed.
Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) is a maximum security prison in unincorporated Morgan County, near Wartburg, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. It opened in 1980. An expansion completed in 2009 increased its capacity to 2,500 prisoners. The prison is accredited by the American Correctional Association. The ...
Pages in category "Prisons in Tennessee" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... South Central Correctional Facility; Template:State prisons ...