Joshua J. Smith, 50, was appointed deputy director of the Bureau of Prisons on June 9, according to a bureau spokesperson. He ...

A private correctional company says inmates at a Tennessee prison sought to destroy property, compromised security cameras ...

Two guards were held hostage and later freed in an overnight riot at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center that drew a mass multi-agency police presence, according to officials and news reports.

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells ...

A violent prison riot erupted overnight at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee, drawing a heavy multi-agency law enforcement response. Officials said inmates took control of a prison ...

WSMV in Nashville confirmed the two guards at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville, Tennessee were held hostage ...