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This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Tennessee.. According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 375 law enforcement agencies employing 15,976 sworn police officers, about 256 for each 100,000 residents.
The Old Bedford County Jail, sometimes known as the Rock House Jail, [2] is a 19th-century jail building located near the public square in Shelbyville, Tennessee. The old jail is a two-story building built in 1866-7 from solid hand-hewn limestone. [2] [3] [4] Goodspeed's 1887 History of Tennessee described it as "one of the handsomest and most ...
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.
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 family of Tennessee death row inmate Gary Wayne Sutton held a press conference asking Gov. Bill Lee to examine the case for a potential pardon. ... Gary Wayne Sutton was convicted for the 1992 ...
In 1999, the Department opened the first Security Threat Group in the Southeastern Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility (Renamed Bledsoe County Correctional Complex). In 2000, the Governor signed legislation making lethal injection, rather than electrocution, the standard method of execution for any person sentenced to death.
The Fentress County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) is the primary law enforcement agency in Fentress County, Tennessee. The FCSO is responsible for patrolling the 499-square miles of the county and its 17,000+ residents. The FCSO currently employs 20 sworn full-time law enforcement officers, 7 part-time sworn officers and over 20 correctional officers.
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