Tennessee Conservative
A Temporary Unsealing Of Court Documents Has Revealed A Severe Lack Of Staffing At A Hartsville, Tennessee Prison. A Former Corrections Officer At The Facility Describes How The Critical Lack Of Correctional Officers Made It Possible For 4 Inmates To Move About The Prison, Target And Murder Another Inmate.
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Tennessee’s Department Of Corrections Has Had To Rely On Overtime And What Some Officers Described As A “Hostile Environment” Due To Understaffing And Other Issues At Its Facilities, According To An Audit From The Tennessee Comptrollers’ Office.
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Despite An Audit Showing A 146% Turnover Rate For Correctional Officers At Corecivic-Run Prisons In 2023, The State Will Continue To Contract With The Private Company, Correction Commissioner Frank Strada Said. CoreCivic Has Spent $3.3 Million On Lobbying And Donations To Tennessee Lawmakers Since 2009.
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The Tennessee Department Of Correction Is Seeking A $9.8 Million Budget Boost Next Year Primarily Linked To A Payment Increase For Private Prison Operator CoreCivic.
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Tennessee Plans To Extend A Private Prison Company’s Contract With An $8 Million Raise Annually To Run A State Penitentiary In Spite Of Lawsuits Alleging It Caused Inmate Deaths.
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Proposed Legislation For The 2023 Tennessee Legislative Session Seeks To Protect Children Who Are Interrogated For Crimes And Those Held In Confinement For An Indefinite Term, But Those Committing Serious Offenses Are Even More Likely To Face Transfer To An Adult Penitentiary.
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According To The Tennessee Ethics Commission Website, Various Groups – As A Whole – Spent Around $750 Thousand On A Multitude Of Events Last Year For Lawmakers.
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During A Recent Hamilton County Commission Meeting, Sheriff Jim Hammond Renewed His Plea For A Pay Increase But Was Met With Opposition By Commissioners.
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The Department Of Justice Will Not Renew Existing Contracts With Private Prison Companies Following An Executive Order Signed By Biden on Jan. 27.
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Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office is under scrutiny once again less than a week after headlines raised concerns about investigation into the most recent inmate death.
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