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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Buoyed By Judges Across The State, Tennessee’s Community Corrections Program For Hardcore Offenders Is Set To Be Renewed When A New Law Takes Effect July 1.
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Some Tennesseans Are Concerned That There Will Be Unintended Consequences Of Voting “Yes” On Amendment 3 At The Ballot Box Today.
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Governor Lee Has Not Asked The Department Of Corrections To Look Into A State Policy That Would Allow For The Possibility Of Reduced Sentences For Violent Offenders In Tennessee, And State Prison Officials Are Not Currently Implementing Any Review Of The Policy Either, Even After Recent Cases In Which Violent Offenders Were Back On The Streets Because Of Those Early Releases.
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Concerned That Longtime Community Corrections Providers Were Pushed Out Of The Bidding Process By Gov. Bill Lee’s Administration, Tennessee Lawmakers Are Set To Hold Hearings To Delve Into Changes That Circumvented The Legislature.
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Governor Bill Lee Has Halted All Executions In The State Of Tennessee Until The End Of 2022 To Allow For An Independent Review Of Lethal Injections.
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The Tennessee House And Senate Approved A Truth-In-Sentencing Bill That Would Require Defendants Who Are Convicted Of Eight Categories Of Crime To Serve 100% Of Their Sentences.
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