Gerald D. Thomas is appealing for end-of-life release due to cancer, but is facing opposition from the DA, citing his ...

A family is suing CoreCivic for $15 million, alleging the prison operator failed to protect an inmate left disabled with ...

Mayor Tim Kelly has ordered flags to fly half-staff across city buildings, grounds and facilities on Tuesday in honor of Gerald McCormick. Mr. McCormick served Hamilton County in the Tennessee ...

A death at the Monroe County jail is currently under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI).

The facility has come under fire from all corners in recent months as years of mismanagement have boiled over into public ...

President Donald Trump in his second term has issued 83 acts of clemency. 15 were for crimes committed in Tennessee.

Two different inspections done by the Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI) show the Shelby County jail did not meet minimum ...

A federal judge ruled Georgia’s hormone therapy ban unconstitutional and ordered continued care for transgender inmates.

Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection Thursday in Nashville for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen ...

Harold Wayne Nichols confessed to killing Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old college student, as well as raping several other women ...

Harold Wayne Nichols was executed by lethal injection.

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols was executed by lethal injection Dec. 11 at Riverbend Maximum Security ...