The Tennessee Department of Correction has IDed the correctional officer allegedly killed by an inmate as Dustin Pedigo.

The Tennessee Department of Correction said it is turning to artificial intelligence to address ongoing staff shortages.

MORGAN COUNTY — An on duty corrections officer has been fatally stabbed at the Morgan County Correctional Complex. The stabbing occurred on February 24, 2026 and the inmate who fatally stabbed the ...

A corrections officer was stabbed to death Tuesday inside the Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg, Tennessee, according to state prison officials. The Tennessee Department of Corrections ...

Tennessee lawmakers recently questioned whether state prisons and jails are following rules limiting the use of taxpayer dollars for gender-affirming care.

Body-worn cameras are not used by guards inside Tennessee’s prisons but some made the case for them in a Tennessee Senate hearing Tuesday, though state corrections officials pushed back. The hearing ...

Tennessee’s Department of Correction is asking Gov. Bill Lee to give the state’s private prison operator CoreCivic a $13 million pay boost this year, despite having fined the publicly traded company ...

To visit someone in prison you have to apply to get on their visit list, meaning staff will do a background check and decide ...

Amid debates about immigration, LGBTQ rights and education vouchers, criminal justice reform is not always the most ...