Newschannel5 viewers responded to our reports on CoreCivic and Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility since the violent overnight riot earlier this week, requiring roughly 100 officers to respond.

A Tennessee judge is scheduled to hear arguments about whether Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released from jail pending the outcome of a federal trial on human smuggling charges ...

A jailer has been arrested following an investigation into a “compromised employee” at the Coffield Unit in Tennessee Colony.

CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. – Undocumented defendants, Ulises Said Roman Morales and Francisco Torres Hernandez, entered guilty ...

A federal grand jury on May 21 indicted Abrego Garcia, 29, while he was in the El Salvador mega-prison he was deported to in ...

The Tennessee Department of Corrections will transfer some inmates to state-run facilities following an overnight riot at the violence-plagued Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, officials said.

Twenty-one men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S. Nine other people are scheduled to be put to death in seven states during the remainder of 2025.

The Tennessee Higher Education In Prison Initiative is a non-profit organization that brings college-degree based programs to prisons across the state.

FOX 17 News is on the scene at Trousdale Turner Correctgional Center where many state troopers and police officers are currently gathered.

A riot at Tennessee’s largest prison left one guard injured and is now fueling calls for the state to take over the privately ...

CoreCivic could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of new federal contracts under President Trump. CBS News took a look at safety records at its prisons in Tennessee.