Tennessee game wardens busted a serial poacher who’d chosen an odd place to target trophy bucks: the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Lauderdale County. Officials say the 53-year-old poacher, ...

For Nashville’s The Interim, 1981 was an extraordinary year for news. The October edition broke a big story, issued with a dramatic, all-caps headline: “THREE ESCAPE FROM MAIN PRISON.” For The Interim ...

A mother with a son in a West Tennessee prison got a phone call from a 901 area code she didn't recognize. She didn't know who from that area code would be calling her. She didn't answer. Then the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Families who have lost loved ones in Tennessee prisons gathered this week in Lebanon to share their stories and demand reform by state lawmakers, hoping their voices will ...

The South Central Correctional Center leaves LGBTQ people defenseless, so they’re organizing to fight for their safety.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two men wearing suits sit side by side in what looks like a hearing room. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank ...

Proposed state legislation could increase transparency and accountability in correctional facilities plagued by violence ...

FILE - This undated photo released by the Tennessee Department of Corrections shows Harold Nichols in Tennessee. (Tennessee Department of Corrections via the Chattanooga Free Press via AP, File) ...

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Drones are being used to smuggle contraband like drugs and cell phones into Tennessee prisons. A new bill would allow prison guards to take down unauthorized drones and make flying them over prisons a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A piece of movie history has been damaged in the tornado that ripped through Tennessee this week. The Tennessee State Prison which served as the filming locations for “The Green ...