Every morning, Amelia Stem wakes up, pulls her clothes from the closet and gets ready for work. She's on the road by 7:30 a.m. and works until around 5:30 p.m. Back at home, she does laundry and ...

A Tennessee Department of Correction guard was fired in May after admitting to having sexual contact with an inmate at the Tennessee Prison for Women. In follow-up interviews, staffers asked ...

The three top wardens at the Tennessee Prison for Women are on leave as the state Department of Correction looks into possible issues with the "enforcement of TDOC processes and protocols" at the ...

In this Dec. 13, 2013 photo, a group of inmates at the Tennessee Prison for Women in Nashville, Tenn., walk across the prison yard to get dressed for their graduation ceremony.

In Tennessee, during slavery less than 5 percent of the prisoners were Black. In 1866, after emancipation, that number jumped to 52 percent. And by 1891 it had skyrocketed to 75 percent.

The mother of an inmate at the Tennessee Prison for Women who is diagnosed with COVID-19 is asking for her daughter to be released, citing her daughter's underlying health problems.

November 10, 2022; Forced Prison Labor Was Also on the Ballot Forced Prison Labor Was Also on the Ballot Voters in four states—Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont—approved ending the ...

In Tennessee, during slavery less than 5 percent of the prisoners were Black. In 1866, after emancipation, that number jumped to 52 percent. And by 1891 it had skyrocketed to 75 percent.