NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s corrections chief said Wednesday that the department expects to unveil a new process for ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee inmate has died and five others were injured after fights erupted at a privately run state prison, the facility's operator said. The fights broke out early ...

(WKRN) — After a more than two-year pause, death row executions in Tennessee could soon resume after the state’s ... News 2 spoke with Dan Mann who opposes the death penalty in all forms and visits ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Just days after Tennessee announced it had a new manual for executing death row inmates, the state's top prison officials said they aren't going to release the document ...

Tennessee's prison population has increased in recent years, and experts say it’s likely due to tougher laws that keep people behind bars for longer. Following years of decline, the state's prison ...

Tennessee's prison population ... The state’s prisons as of June 2024 held 21,867 men and 2,473 women. About one-third of inmates are serving their time in one of the state’s four private ...