A mother with a son in a West Tennessee prison got a phone call from a 901 area code she didn't recognize. She didn't know who from that area code would be calling her. She didn't answer. Then the ...

The South Central Correctional Center leaves LGBTQ people defenseless, so they’re organizing to fight for their safety.

Proposed state legislation could increase transparency and accountability in correctional facilities plagued by violence ...

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F or the past decade I worked at the print plant at South Central Correctional Facility, one of the few jobs here that pay prisoners more than $1 an hour. Unlike most prison jobs, ...

A Tennessee Senate panel wants officers at a privately-run prison rocked by a 2025 riot to wear body cameras despite opposition from the state’s correction commissioner. The State and Local Government ...