Lester Isbill stopped breathing and died in the Feb. 6 incident, a family attorney said. Responders restarted his heart. He ...

It took a riot and multiple indictments, but the chorus of calls is growing to boot the state’s private-prison operator out ...

A former Carter County corrections officer was indicted on Monday after allegedly having sexual contact with an inmate.

Policymakers and criminal justice reform activists seek an audit and reevaluation of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs is recommending the sheriff's office assume oversight of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center. Some elected officials and criminal justice reform advocates ...

I would prefer for an outside entity to take a look to say, maybe it's board oversight or maybe it's a restructuring of the organization," Rawls said. Rawls said he would not be opposed to a temporary ...

Tennessee inmate Oscar Smith was executed by lethal injection on Thursday morning for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judith Smith, and her teenage sons, Jason and Chad Burnett.

The former chair of Tennessee’s Inmate Disciplinary Oversight Board and former assistant district attorney pleaded guilty to statutory rape Monday, April 7, court records show. Vanessa Murtaugh, 46, ...