Prison oversight bills would pilot body-worn cameras for guards, create a Family Advisory Board and permit prisons to destroy drones carrying drugs.

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 ...

The board would hold public hearings and facilitate oversight over the system that has seen prolonged issues, contract ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee officials have sounded the alarm on drones delivering drugs, weapons and cell phones into ...

A Senate committee approved a proposal to give prison guards body cameras, despite opposition from the Tennessee Department ...

In September, Brenda Kay Spitzbarth traveled more than two hours from her home in Maryville to Lebanon to attend a town hall event focused on prison reform in Tennessee. During the Q&A portion of the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — State lawmakers are suggesting a new idea aimed at increasing transparency inside one of Tennessee’s most troubled prisons. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate Corrections ...

This story was originally published by the Nashville Banner. Sign up for their newsletter at nashvillebanner.com/newsletters. The Tennessee Department of Correction ...

Shelby County government has, for the last seven months, been suing the Tennessee Department of Corrections and state over its refusal to pay for the nearly 1,000 state inmates being held at the ...

A correctional officer with the Tennessee Department of Correction has been stabbed to death by an inmate. In an 8:24 a.m. post on Facebook Feb. 25, the department said the correctional officer was ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee officials have sounded the alarm on drones delivering drugs, weapons and cell phones into prisons. The Tennessee Department of Correction has asked for more than $1 ...