An inmate allegedly ambushed Officer Dustin Pedigo while he was checking the status of the prison’s locks.

The death of a Morgan County corrections officer is now at the center of controversy as one Republican state senator claims ...

A correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Correction has been stabbed to death by an inmate. In an 8:24 a.m. post on Facebook Feb. 25, the department said the correctional officer was ...

Prison oversight bills would pilot body-worn cameras for guards, create a Family Advisory Board and permit prisons to destroy drones carrying drugs.

ONLY, Tenn. (WTVF) — An inmate of the Turney Center Insutrial Complex in Only, Tennessee contracted COVID-19 during a hospital visit on an unrelated medical issue. Because of this, the Tennessee ...

Body-worn cameras are not used by guards inside Tennessee’s prisons but some made the case for them in a Tennessee Senate hearing Tuesday, though state corrections officials pushed back. The hearing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shelby County government has, for the last seven months, been suing the Tennessee Department of Corrections and state over its ...

The board would hold public hearings and facilitate oversight over the system that has seen prolonged issues, contract ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The attorney for murder suspect Austin Drummond is fighting a Lake County judge’s order to move him to a state prison while he awaits trial. Drummond’s attorney, Drew Farmer, filed a ...