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

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

Tennessee lawmakers are moving to create a family advisory board to hear prison safety complaints amid concerns about extortion and inmate deaths. Republican Sen. Tom Hatcher of Maryville said ...

Tennessee officials have sounded the alarm on drones delivering drugs, weapons and cell phones into prisons.

This story was originally published by the Nashville Banner. Sign up for their newsletter at nashvillebanner.com/newsletters. The Tennessee Department of Correction ...

Tennessee is scheduled to execute death row inmate Edmund Zagorski using the electric chair Nov. 1, the first time the chair has been used here in 11 years. Gov. Bill Haslam delayed the execution to ...

State officials are sounding the alarm on what they say is a growing issue at Tennessee prisons: an increase in contraband ...

While Tennessee Department of Correction has made progress in reducing contraband in state prisons, officials said drones that smuggle cell phones, drugs and other prohibited items into facilities ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) — A federal judge on Monday reduced a prison sentence to probation for a former Tennessee lawmaker whose testimony helped convict the former state House speaker and his onetime ...