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This is a list of state prisons in Tennessee. The only federal prison in Tennessee is Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis in Shelby County, although there is a Residential Reentry Management operated by the Bureau of Prisons in Nashville. This list also does not include county jails located in the state of Tennessee.

The Tennessee government agency responsible for state prisons is the Tennessee Department of Correction.

Male facilities

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Facility County Location Year opened
Bledsoe County Correctional Complex Bledsoe Pikeville 2013
Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility Davidson Nashville 1992 [1]
Morgan County Correctional Complex Morgan Wartburg 1980
Northeast Correctional Complex Johnson Mountain City 1991[2]
Carter County Annex Carter Roan Mountain 1986
closed 2021
Northwest Correctional Complex Lake Tiptonville 1981[3] site 2
1992 site 1
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution Davidson Nashville 1989[4]
Turney Center Industrial Complex Hickman Only 1971[5]
Turney Center Annex Wayne Clifton 1985
West Tennessee State Penitentiary Lauderdale Henning 1990[6]

Female facilities

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Facility County Location Year opened
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 Pikeville Houses 300 female inmates in a separate unit originally built as a men’s annex.

Private facilities

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Facility Operated by County Location Year opened
South Central Correctional Facility Corrections Corporation of America Wayne Clifton 1992[7]
Hardeman County Correctional Center Hardeman Whiteville 1997[8]
Whiteville Correctional Facility 2002[9]
Trousdale Turner Correctional Center Trousdale Hartsville 2016

Closed

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Facility County Location Year opened Year closed
Tennessee State Penitentiary Davidson Nashville 1831[a] 1992[b]
Cold Creek Correctional Facility Lauderdale Henning 1938[c] 1999
Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex Morgan Petros 1896[d] 2009[e]
Charles Bass Correctional Complex Davidson Nashville 1946 (annex) 2015[13]
1979 (main facility)

Notes

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  1. ^ Opened near 7th Avenue and Broadway in 1831, moved to Church St. in 1858, final facility opened on Cockrill Bend Blvd. in 1898
  2. ^ TSP was closed by court order and replaced by Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in 1992.[10][11]
  3. ^ An expansion of then West Tennessee High Security Facility allowed the main facilities to close and the minimum security annex to combine with WTHSF to form West Tennessee State Penitentiary.[11]
  4. ^ Operational 1896-1972, 1976-2009
  5. ^ An expansion of Morgan County Correctional Complex allowed the 113-year-old facility to close.[11][12]
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References

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  1. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility". Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  2. ^ "Northeast Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. ^ "Northwest Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  4. ^ "Riverbend Maximum Security Institution". Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  5. ^ "Turney Center Industrial Complex". Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  6. ^ "West Tennessee State Penitentiary". Archived from the original on August 3, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  7. ^ "South Central Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  8. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Hardeman County Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on April 12, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  9. ^ "Whiteville Correctional Facility". Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  10. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Tennessee State Penitentiary". Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  11. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  13. ^ "Tennessee Department of Correction - Charles B. Bass Correctional Complex". Archived from the original on October 5, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
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