List of Tennessee state prisons
Appearance
This is a list of state prisons in Tennessee. The only federal prison in Tennessee is Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis in Shelby County, although there is a Residential Reentry Management operated by the Bureau of Prisons in Nashville. This list also does not include county jails located in the state of Tennessee.
The Tennessee government agency responsible for state prisons is the Tennessee Department of Correction.
Male facilities
[edit]Facility | County | Location | Year opened | |
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Bledsoe County Correctional Complex | Bledsoe | Pikeville | 1980[1] | |
Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility | Davidson | Nashville | 1992 [2] | |
Morgan County Correctional Complex | Morgan | Wartburg | 1980 [3] | |
Northeast Correctional Complex | Johnson | Mountain City | 1991[4] | |
Carter County Annex | Carter | Roan Mountain | 1986 | |
closed 2021 | ||||
Northwest Correctional Complex | Lake | Tiptonville | 1981[5] | site 2 |
1992 | site 1 | |||
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution | Davidson | Nashville | 1989[6] | |
Turney Center Industrial Complex | Hickman | Only | 1971[7] | |
Turney Center Annex | Wayne | Clifton | 1985 | |
West Tennessee State Penitentiary | Lauderdale | Henning | 1990[8] |
Female facilities
[edit]Facility | County | Location | Year opened | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center | Shelby | Memphis | 1976 as male institution[9] | converted to female institution in 1999 |
Tennessee Prison for Women | Davidson | Nashville | 1966[10] | |
Bledsoe County Correctional Complex | Bledsoe | Pikeville | Houses 300 female inmates in a separate unit originally built as a men’s annex. |
Private facilities
[edit]Facility | Operated by | County | Location | Year opened |
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South Central Correctional Facility | Corrections Corporation of America | Wayne | Clifton | 1992[11] |
Hardeman County Correctional Center | Hardeman | Whiteville | 1997[12] | |
Whiteville Correctional Facility | 2002[13] | |||
Trousdale Turner Correctional Center | Trousdale | Hartsville | 2016 |
Closed
[edit]Facility | County | Location | Year opened | Year closed |
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Tennessee State Penitentiary | Davidson | Nashville | 1831[a] | 1992[b] |
Cold Creek Correctional Facility | Lauderdale | Henning | 1938[c] | 1999 |
Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex | Morgan | Petros | 1896[d] | 2009[e] |
Charles Bass Correctional Complex | Davidson | Nashville | 1946 (annex) | 2015[17] |
1979 (main facility) |
External links
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Opened near 7th Avenue and Broadway in 1831, moved to Church St. in 1858, final facility opened on Cockrill Bend Blvd. in 1898
- ^ TSP was closed by court order and replaced by Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in 1992.[14][15]
- ^ An expansion of then West Tennessee High Security Facility allowed the main facilities to close and the minimum security annex to combine with WTHSF to form West Tennessee State Penitentiary.[15]
- ^ Operational 1896-1972, 1976-2009
- ^ An expansion of Morgan County Correctional Complex allowed the 113-year-old facility to close.[15][16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bledsoe County Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ "Morgan County Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Northeast Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Northwest Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Riverbend Maximum Security Institution". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Turney Center Industrial Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "West Tennessee State Penitentiary". Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Tennessee Prison for Women". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "South Central Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Hardeman County Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ "Whiteville Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Tennessee State Penitentiary". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Charles B. Bass Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-29.