They also contend that the Tennessee Department of Correction has failed to make changes to the execution process as the governor and an independent investigator recommended — or if it has, it has not ...

Though state officials have resisted new accountability measures for CoreCivic, the legislation has received bipartisan ...

Attorneys for Tennessee death row men Oscar Smith and Byron Black are calling on Governor Bill Lee to issue a temporary halt ...

Three years after curtailing an intensive probation program, the Department of Correction is reviving Community Corrections as part of a last-ditch effort to keep offenders out of prison. The state is ...

JACKSON, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Correction hosted a job and resource fair Thursday. Held at the T.R. White Sportsplex in Jackson, the fair connected community members with employment ...

Attorneys for two Tennessee inmates facing execution this year are asking Gov. Bill Lee to declare a reprieve until a judge ...

Powers was one of 46 death row inmates in Tennessee. He was convicted in the death of Shannon Sanderson in 1996.

They also contend that the Tennessee Department of Correction has failed to make changes to the execution process as the governor and an independent investigator recommended — or if it has ...