A former Trousdale Turner correctional officer, prison chaplain, activist and incarcerated person weigh in on the causes of ...

CoreCivic manages four prisons in Tennessee. Though all incarcerated individuals are convicted and sentenced through the Tennessee justice system, roughly one-third of the state's prisoners are ...

A soldier who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing another soldier’s 15-year-old daughter at Fort Campbell was sentenced to ...

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 ...

These people and others with Tennessee ties were initially convicted of crimes and sentenced to as long as 90 months in ...

Police coerced a false confession from a man accused of a violent crime despite his time-stamped alibi, and he went to prison for three decades, attorneys in Tennessee said. Now, Scott Minton is ...

(WTVC) — A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for stabbing a woman more than 60 times, stuffing her body in a suitcase, and dumping it on the banks of the Tennessee River.

Support for sanctuary policies from local officials would be considered a Class E felony, punishable by up to six years in ...