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The incarceration numbers for the states in the chart below are for sentenced and unsentenced inmates in adult facilities in local jails and state prisons. Numbers for federal prisons are in the Federal line. Asterisk (*) indicates "Incarceration in STATE" or "Crime in STATE" links. Correctional supervision numbers for Dec 31, 2018.
Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center Shelby: Memphis: opened in 1999 as a female institution converted to male institution in 2016 Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center Davidson: Nashville: 1966,formerly known as the Tennessee Prison For Women,renamed Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in 2020. Bledsoe County Correctional Complex Bledsoe ...
As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons, all run by Corrections Corporation of America. [7] According to the state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, which authorizes only one private prison for state inmates, [8] Tennessee contracts directly with CCA for inmates held at South Central Correctional Facility. For ...
The prison population could pass 100,000 in three years time, the government has said, ... there will be 100,000 inmates by September 2027.
The United States has the highest prison and jail population (2,121,600 in adult facilities in 2016) as well as the highest incarceration rate in the world (655 per 100,000 population in 2016). [ 5 ] [ 130 ] [ 131 ] According to the World Prison Population List (11th edition) there were around 10.35 million people in penal institutions ...
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the growth rate of the state prison population had fallen to its lowest since 2006, but it still had a 0.2% growth-rate compared to the total U.S. prison population. [31] The California state prison system population fell in 2009, the first year that populations had fallen in 38 years. [32]
Bradley (1982), [6] the Federal Court issued a permanent injunction in 1993, prohibiting the Tennessee Department of Correction from ever again housing inmates at the Tennessee State Prison. [ 10 ] After it was closed, the former prison was used as a filming location, but the interior was declared off-limits in 2011 due to asbestos. [ 11 ]
As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four private prisons. [18] The state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, however, authorizes one single private prison for state inmates. [19] As of 2016 Tennessee technically contracts directly with CoreCivic for inmates held at South Central Correctional Facility. For Trousdale and the two ...