While the Corrections Department has cracked down on contraband in prisons, drone continue to deliver cell phones and illegal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two men wearing suits sit side by side in what looks like a hearing room. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank ...

A coalition of news organizations including The Associated Press is suing Tennessee’s top prisons official and a warden, alleging state execution protocols unconstitutionally limit the media’s access ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Families who have lost loved ones in Tennessee prisons gathered this week in Lebanon to share their stories and demand reform by state lawmakers, hoping their voices will ...

The Senate subcommittee met to explore more oversight options in prisons.

SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - A new study shows Tennessee prisoners have some of the shortest sentence terms in the nation. It's a fact that's alarming some taxpayers and prosecutors. Commit a crime in the ...

Four executions have been set this year by the Tennessee Supreme Court, which includes the only woman on the state's death ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials say the heat and hot water are back on throughout the Tennessee prison that lost its main heating source on New Year’s Day. Tennessee Department of ...