From a federal civil rights investigation to a riot where a guard was kidnapped, to the resignation of its CEO just this week ...

Officials said a Pickett County man, who was already a convicted sex offender, will serve time in prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. On ...

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

A Cheatham County deputy put his life on the line Wednesday night while pursuing a convicted felon with a history of violent ...

Dyersburg Police Department stated on social media that a large police presence was at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The execution of Byron Black raised questions for weeks over Tennessee’s death penalty law in connection with intellectual disability and potential suffering. In thi… ...

Rose’s sister was a corrections officer at Northwest Correctional Complex at the time Drummond was incarcerated there, WHBQ reported, citing the Tennessee Department of Corrections.

Rose’s sister was a corrections officer at Northwest Correctional Complex at the time Drummond was incarcerated there, WHBQ reported, citing the Tennessee Department of Corrections.

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada is declining to release funds to support the Community Corrections program.

FILE-Image of a death chamber at a correction facility. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers/Getty Images) A Tennessee death row inmate who had a working defibrillator in his chest was executed by ...

Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada announced Black's death before media witnesses gave their accounts of the execution. The victims' family members were in attendance.

This undated booking photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Corrections shows Byron Black. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is gearing up for an execution on Tuesday that experts say would likely ...