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The two-story limestone and brick jail was built in 1819. It replaced Claiborne County's first jail, a crude structure built on the same site in 1804. The 1819 jail was used until 1931. [2] It was listed on the National Register in 2007. [1] The county's current jail facility is located in New Tazewell. It typically holds between 160 and 180 ...
By April 2008, county authorities were reporting 2,000 children booked into the jail annually—200 to 300 of them from neighboring counties lacking facilities. [16] In 2008, the county built a $23,300,000 expansion of the county jail—including a 43,000 sq ft (4,000 m 2) "juvenile detention center."
During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Alden served as a unionist from Minnesota and Maine. [2] [3] During William Gannaway Brownlow's campaign for Governor of Tennessee in 1865, he acted as a registrar for Davidson County. [2] Alden served as the mayor of Nashville from 1867 to 1868. [4]
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Tennessee provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Tennessee, where 12 free public libraries were built from nine grants (totaling $310,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1900 to 1917. In addition, a public library was constructed at a federally owned ...
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 Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA), established in 1854, currently operates as a unit of the Tennessee Department of State. According to the Tennessee Blue Book, [1] the Library and Archives "collects and preserves books and records of historical, documentary and reference value, and encourages and promotes library development throughout the state."
The Complex houses several courts, including General Sessions Criminal Courts, most located on the lower level of the building, felony courts on the upper levels, Police and Sheriff's offices, the District Attorney General's office, as well as the Office of the Public Defender. The jail complex at 225 and 271 Poplar is attached to the building.
Forrest's jail, also known as Forrest's Traders Yard, was the slave pen owned and operated by Nathan Bedford Forrest in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Forrest bought 87 Adams Street , located between Second and Third, in 1854. [ 2 ]