A private correctional company says inmates at a Tennessee prison sought to destroy property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took hours to contain and caused minor ...

A riot erupted at one of Tennessee's largest prisons late Sunday, injuring a guard and reigniting calls for an overhaul of ...

Guards deployed gas as inmates tried to destroy facility property, compromising security cameras, setting fires and refusing ...

Joshua J. Smith, 50, was appointed deputy director of the Bureau of Prisons on June 9, according to a bureau spokesperson. He is the first formerly incarcerated person to hold a leadership position at ...

Multiple state audits have found chronic understaffing at Trousdale Turner, which has led to increased violence and ...