A former nurse at the Scott County Jail faces charges after an investigation found she brought contraband into the facility and stole prescription drugs.Author ...

Inspection records show the jail has failed to meet minimum standards at every inspection since at least August 2022.

Tennessee became the first state to make camping on public land a felony crime. A slate of new legislation will further ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The families of prisoners have new hope as Tennessee lawmakers crack down on CoreCivic. A bill is ...

An inmate was found "unresponsive" at the Shelby County Division of Corrections, commonly known as the Penal Farm, over the ...

Sheriff Matt Tiller is proud to announce that the Lewis County Jail recently earned a perfect state inspection, and was ...

Davidson County jails are seeing record numbers of ICE detainer requests as the Trump administration ramps up deportations.

Quarterback Nico Iamaleava was not at Tennessee’s Orange and White game Saturday and is no longer on the roster. It appears Iamaleava is headed toward the transfer portal that opens Wednesday ...

Tennessee has long been known as a great state to visit for ... In 1977, prisoner James Earl Ray broke out of the prison and attempted to escape through the remote wilderness that’s now part of the ...

A man who was accused of robbing a T-Mobile store at gunpoint in October 2024 is now facing more than a century in prison ... Harris is one of seven West Tennessee men who were federally indicted ...

A new storm system forecast to tear across the U.S. South and Tennessee Valley is expected ... on Wednesday with a map of the potentially affected area. A map from the National Weather Service ...