Trousdale Turner Correctional Center

Trousdale Turner Correctional Center
Location 140 Macon Way
Hartsville, Tennessee
Status open
Security class medium
Capacity 2552
Opened 2016
Managed by CoreCivic

The Trousdale Turner Correctional Center is a private prison for men, located in Hartsville, Trousdale County, Tennessee, owned and operated by CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America) under contract with the Tennessee Department of Corrections.[1]

The facility opened in 2016, and holds a maximum of 2552 male inmates at medium security.[2]

Between its opening in January 2016 and May, an inmate was stabbed on February 26 when an officer left a housing unit unattended, the facility's newly-appointed warden resigned by early March without explanation, a TDOC official formally complained that CCA officers had no control over the prisoners, the entire facility unexpectedly halted taking new state inmates because of these "growing pains",[3] and an officer was assaulted. [4]

As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons.[5] The state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, however, authorizes one single private prison for state inmates.[6] As of 2016 Tennessee technically contracts directly with CoreCivic for inmates held at South Central Correctional Facility. For Trousdale and the two others, the state circumvents the statute by contracting with the local county. In turn the county signs an agreement with CoreCivic.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Trousdale Turner Correctional Center". Tennessee Department of Correction. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Trousdale Turner Correctional Center". Corrections Corporation of America. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Loller, Travis (24 May 2016). "AP Newsbreak: Tennessee's new prison stops taking inmates". Associated Press. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Boucher, Dave (26 May 2016). "Officer assaulted at new CCA Tennessee prison". The Tennessean. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "State Prison List". Tennessee Department of Correction. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "2014 Tennessee Code Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates Chapter 24 - Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986 § 41-24-103 - Contracts for correctional services". Justia. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Walton, Judy (16 August 2016). "U.S. to end private prison contracts; impact on Hamilton County facility unknown". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved 6 September 2016.

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