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

Facility County Location Year opened
Bledsoe County Correctional Complex Bledsoe Pikeville 1980[1]
Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility Davidson Nashville 1992 [2]
Morgan County Correctional Complex Morgan Wartburg 1980 [3]
Northeast Correctional Complex Johnson Mountain City 1991[4]
Carter County Annex Carter Roan Mountain 1986
closed 2021
Northwest Correctional Complex Lake Tiptonville 1981[5] site 2
1992 site 1
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Davidson Nashville 1989[6]
Turney Center Industrial Complex Hickman Only 1971[7]
Turney Center Annex Wayne Clifton 1985
West Tennessee State Penitentiary Lauderdale Henning 1990[8]

Female facilities

Facility County Location Year opened
Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center Shelby Memphis 1976 as male institution[9] converted to female institution in 1999
Tennessee Prison for Women Davidson Nashville 1966[10]
Bledsoe County Correctional Complex Bledsoe Pikeville Houses 300 female inmates in a separate unit originally built as a men’s annex.

Private facilities

Faclity Operated by County Location Year opened
South Central Correctional Facility Corrections Corporation of America Wayne Clifton 1992[11]
Hardeman County Correctional Center Hardeman Whiteville 1997[12]
Whiteville Correctional Facility 2002[13]
Trousdale Turner Correctional Center Trousdale Hartsville 2016

Closed

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[17]
1979 (main facility)

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Notes

  1. ^ Opened near 7th Avenue and Broadway in 1831, moved to Church St. in 1858, final facility opened on Cockrill Bend Blvd. in 1898
  2. ^ TSP was closed by court order and replaced by Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in 1992.[14][15]
  3. ^ 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.[15]
  4. ^ Operational 1896-1972, 1976-2009
  5. ^ An expansion of Morgan County Correctional Complex allowed the 113-year-old facility to close.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "Bledsoe County Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  2. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  3. ^ "Morgan County Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-28. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  4. ^ "Northeast Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  5. ^ "Northwest Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  6. ^ "Riverbend Maximum Security Institution". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  7. ^ "Turney Center Industrial Complex". Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  8. ^ "West Tennessee State Penitentiary". Archived from the original on 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  9. ^ "Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center". Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  10. ^ "Tennessee Prison for Women". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  11. ^ "South Central Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on 2016-08-05. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  12. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Hardeman County Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  13. ^ "Whiteville Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
  14. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Tennessee State Penitentiary". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  15. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2010-12-29.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
  17. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Charles B. Bass Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
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