List of Tennessee state prisons
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Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of state prisons in Tennessee. The only federal prison in Tennessee is Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis in Shelby County, although there is a Residential Reentry Management operated by the Bureau of Prisons in Nashville. This list also does not include county jails located in the state of Tennessee.
The Tennessee government agency responsible for state prisons is the Tennessee Department of Correction.
Male facilities
[edit | edit source]| Facility | County | Location | Year opened | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bledsoe County Correctional Complex | Bledsoe | Pikeville | 2012 | |
| Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility | Davidson | Nashville | 1992 [1] | |
| Morgan County Correctional Complex | Morgan | Wartburg | 1980 | |
| Northeast Correctional Complex | Johnson | Mountain City | 1991[2] | |
| Carter County Annex | Carter | Roan Mountain | 1986 | |
| closed 2021 | ||||
| Northwest Correctional Complex | Lake | Tiptonville | 1981[3] | site 2 |
| 1992 | site 1 | |||
| Riverbend Maximum Security Institution | Davidson | Nashville | 1989[4] | |
| Turney Center Industrial Complex | Hickman | Only | 1971[5] | |
| Turney Center Annex | Wayne | Clifton | 1985 | |
| West Tennessee State Penitentiary | Lauderdale | Henning | 1990[6] | |
Female facilities
[edit | edit source]| Facility | County | Location | Year opened | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center | Shelby | Memphis | opened in 1999 as a female institution | converted to male institution in 2016 |
| Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center | Davidson | Nashville | 1966 | Formerly known as the Tennessee Prison For Women Renamed Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in 2020. |
| Bledsoe County Correctional Complex | Bledsoe | Pikeville | Houses 300 female inmates in a separate unit originally built as a men’s annex. | |
Private facilities
[edit | edit source]| Facility | Operated by | County | Location | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Central Correctional Facility | Corrections Corporation of America | Wayne | Clifton | 1992[7] |
| Hardeman County Correctional Center | Hardeman | Whiteville | 1997[8] | |
| Whiteville Correctional Facility | 2002[9] | |||
| Trousdale Turner Correctional Center | Trousdale | Hartsville | 2016 |
Closed
[edit | edit source]| Facility | County | Location | Year opened | Year closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State Penitentiary | Davidson | Nashville | 1831[a] | 1992[b] |
| Cold Creek Correctional Facility | Lauderdale | Henning | 1938[c] | 1999 |
| Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex | Morgan | Petros | 1896[d] | 2009[e] |
| Charles Bass Correctional Complex | Davidson | Nashville | 1946 (annex) | 2015[13] |
| 1979 (main facility) |
Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Opened near 7th Avenue and Broadway in 1831, moved to Church St. in 1858, final facility opened on Cockrill Bend Blvd. in 1898
- ^ TSP was closed by court order and replaced by Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in 1992.[10][11]
- ^ An expansion of then West Tennessee High Security Facility allowed the main facilities to close and the minimum security annex to combine with WTHSF to form West Tennessee State Penitentiary.[11]
- ^ Operational 1896-1972, 1976-2009
- ^ An expansion of Morgan County Correctional Complex allowed the 113-year-old facility to close.[11][12]
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