More than 60 years ago  a Freedom Rider named  Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting ...

Following years of decline, the state's prison population jumped by 8% in 2022, and signs indicate it's still on the rise.

The state's private prisons see higher numbers of deaths and sexual assaults while providing less opportunity for support and education.

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 ...

U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) have reintroduced the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at curbing rampant sexual harassment and assault of ...

Robert Galler, 52, of Dyersburg, was sentenced in federal and state courts for sexual abuse involving minors, receiving a ...

Former Germantown State Senator Brian Kelsey is trying to ... but wasn't allowed to and was sentenced to 21 months in Federal Prison. Kelsey − a former lawyer − told a judge that he ...

At Nottoway Correctional Center, the outlook was bleak. Two nurses at the all-male state prison staffed a day shift meant to be staffed by eight. Emergency medical requests from inmates were ...

state lawmakers created a bipartisan committee to keep watch over the prison system. The 12 members of the Joint Committee on Correctional Institutions and Problems had two important duties ...

Jesse Jose Rucker, 35, will spend 25 years in federal prison followed ... he committed in Middle Tennessee in November of 2021 while he was already on probation for a state court felony offense ...