A man wanted on aggravated kidnapping and assault charges in Knoxville was arrested in Clarksville Wednesday morning.

District Attorney Jason Lawson of Tennessee’s Fifteenth Judicial District announced 12 inmates have been charged for their ...

A 96-year-old patient was killed after a “suicidal and homicidal” woman crashed her car into an assisted living facility in ...

Discussions were tense between Marion County Sheriff Jason Sandholdt and the Marion County Board of Supervisors as both parties argued about budgeting for a full-time deputy to handle mental health.

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

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers sprayed chemical agents into the prison yard.

Several law enforcement agencies responded to Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility overnight after prison guards were taken hostage.

Joshua J. Smith, a Tennessee businessman whom the president pardoned during his first term, now advocates for inmate ...

Policymakers and criminal justice reform activists seek an audit and reevaluation of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention ...

Putnam County is partnering with U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement to hold immigration detainees in its newly expanded jail facilities.

The growing number of older inmates has stressed medical needs and the jail now has inadequate laundry and kitchen facilities ... Of the 12,742 inmates last year, 2,308 were Knox County arrests, 9,862 ...

Recidivism programs such as Men of Valor in Knoxville help former inmates rejoin the workforce and live an everyday ... Belser spent 20 years in prison and is now helping others re-adjust to life ...