Tennessee spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to house inmates, but prison education, which reduces recidivism, can help cut costs.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 19.--FRANK HEIDLENBERGER, who was convicted in the Giles County Circuit Court, of stabbing a man, and sentenced to a term in the State Prison, was shot and killed by one of ...

Tennessee spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to house inmates, but prison education, which reduces recidivism, can help cut costs.

A federal grand jury on May 21 indicted Abrego Garcia, 29, while he was in the El Salvador mega-prison he was deported to in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A former Tennessee state senator has reported to federal prison after he pleaded guilty in 2022 to an illegal campaign finance scheme, then tried and failed to take back his plea.

Tennessee’s legislature put the state’s private-prison operator on notice to keep death rates down or face a reduction in inmates, a move that could cut its state payments. House members voted ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Inmates at a Tennessee prison destroyed property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took several hours to contain and caused minor ...

Tennessee spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to house inmates, but prison education, which reduces recidivism, can help cut costs.

A former Tennessee state senator has reported to federal prison after he pleaded guilty in 2022 to an illegal campaign finance scheme, then tried and failed to take back his plea. Brian Kelsey is ...