If the ruling stands, dozens or hundreds of people should have already been released from prison in Tennessee, according to ...

Lawyers for Byron Black, who is scheduled to be put to death this month, say his defibrillator may be unnecessarily triggered ...

The Justice Department notified Tennessee officials of the investigation on Monday and that it will be conducted under the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.

A Tennessean analysis of TDOC termination letters from 2024 shows that at least 149 correctional officers, corporals and sergeants employed by the department were fired in the 2024 calendar year.

The Tennessee Department of Correction announced Friday it had "completed its revision of the lethal injection protocol, which will utilize the single drug pentobarbital." ...

She joined the correction department in 1994 and led its legal division. During Inglis' tenure, Tennessee carried out its first execution by lethal injection in 2000, and the drugs used have ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction wants to pay $6.8 million more to the state's private-prison operator next year despite the cloud of a federal civil rights probe and the company's ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction is seeking a $9.8 million budget boost next year primarily linked to a payment increase for private prison operator CoreCivic.

The Tennessee Department of Correction agrees to pay $3.25 million to Disability Rights group in lawsuit settlement.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Correction parted ways with its top lawyer and inspector general after an independent investigation into the state's lethal injection execution ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) will resume visitation for inmates at all facilities beginning next weekend. A modified visitation schedule will be implemented on Saturday, April 10.

Beginning January 2023, the Tennessee Department of Correction will require every person entering a TDOC prison to be screened by a full body scanner. The new technology enhances TDOC’s current ...