Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

The state's private prisons see higher numbers of deaths and sexual assaults while providing less opportunity for support and education.

Dana Riner said her son developed schizophrenia while in isolation for two years at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney General told the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons to stop using pentobarbital, the same drug Tennessee selected in its new execution protocol, because ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Despite the Department of Justice announcing it will no longer use the single lethal injection drug, pentobarbital in executions after a review raised questions about whether ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A Clarksville woman has been convicted in a case of TennCare fraud surrounding the illicit sale of her prescription drugs, according to the Tennessee Department of ...

Dewayne “Bodine” Morgan, 73, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, transitioned from this life on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at CHI ...

In a locked and alarm-equipped refrigerator at an Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry facility in ...

Dewayne “Bodine” Morgan, 73, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, transitioned from this life on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at CHI ...

A Clarksville woman has been convicted in a case of TennCare fraud surrounding the illicit sale of her prescription drugs, ...

A man who was found guilty of multiple charges including child rape and incest in Johnson City was sentenced to 41 years in prison on Tuesday. A news release from ...