Northwest Correctional Complex

Northwest Correctional Complex
Location 960 TN-212
Tiptonville, Tennessee
Status open
Security class medium
Capacity 2,377[1]
Managed by Tennessee Department of Corrections

The Northwest Correctional Complex is a state prison located in Tiptonville, Lake County, Tennessee. It is owned and operated by the Tennessee Department of Corrections. [2] The facility holds 2,377 inmates at medium security. It is the primary educational prison in the state system. In addition, inmates provide more than 100,000 hours of community service to state and local governments, and non-profit agencies annually.[1]

In July 2015 eight NCC inmates sustained knife wounds in gang-related stabbings. The prison, as well as the state's Northeast Correctional Complex, was put on lockdown. The disturbances were attributed by The Tennesseean to understaffing and a "severe manpower shortage" following Tennessee's decision to reconfigure correctional officers' schedules to save money on overtime.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 As of 2014; see "Northwest Correctional names new warden". State Gazette. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Northwest Correctional Complex". Tennessee Department of Correction. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Wllemon, Tom (25 July 2015). "8 Tennessee prisoners hospitalized after knife fights". The Tennessean. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

Coordinates: 36°24′56″N 89°27′12″W / 36.415602°N 89.453440°W / 36.415602; -89.453440

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