A man who spent more than 30 years in prison for a crime he did not commit has filed a lawsuit against Bradley County and ...

CoreCivic applied this week to receive a special use permit from Leavenworth to reopen its prison as a U.S. Immigration and ...

A South Korean metals company is bringing its first U.S. facilities to Tennessee, investing more than $6.6 billion in 2 sites ...

A Tennessee man is facing 15 years to life in prison following his conviction this week in federal court on a count of being ...

The State of TN held it's third execution since the 3 year moratorium investigating the process of lethal injections. Lawyers and advocates want more transparency about drugs and expiration dates.

A Tennessee man who was shot by police after he fired a gun at a contractor outside his former Jewish school in Memphis in ...

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“To the people I’ve harmed, I’m sorry. To my family, know that I love you. I know where I’m going to. I’m ready to go home," ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols was executed by lethal injection Dec. 11 at Riverbend Maximum Security ...

Death Penalty Tennessee FILE - This undated photo released by the Tennessee Department of Corrections shows Harold Nichols in Tennessee. (Tennessee Department of Corrections via the Chattanooga Free ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking the governor to convert his sentence to life imprisonment with just a month until his scheduled ...

While early forms of for-profit prisons first began operating in the U.S. during the 19th century via prison labor and convict leasing, state, local and federal governments were the primary entities ...