List of Tennessee state prisons explained

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

Year opened

Bledsoe County Correctional Complex	Bledsoe	Pikeville	1980[1]
Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility	Davidson	Nashville	1992 [2]
Morgan County Correctional Complex	Morgan	Wartburg	1980 [3]
Northeast Correctional Complex	Johnson	Mountain City	1991[4]
Carter County Annex	Carter	Roan Mountain	1986
			closed 2021
Northwest Correctional Complex	Lake	Tiptonville	1981[5]	site 2
			1992	site 1
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution	Davidson	Nashville	1989[6]
Turney Center Industrial Complex	Hickman	Only	1971[7]
Turney Center Annex	Wayne	Clifton	1985
West Tennessee State Penitentiary	Lauderdale	Henning	1990[8]

Female facilities

Year opened

Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center	Shelby	Memphis	1976 as male institution[9]	converted to female institution in 1999
Tennessee Prison for Women	Davidson	Nashville	1966[10]
Bledsoe County Correctional Complex	Bledsoe	Pikeville		Houses 300 female inmates in a separate unit originally built as a men’s annex.

Private facilities

!Facility!Operated by!County!Location!Year opened

South Central Correctional Facility	Corrections Corporation of America	Wayne	Clifton	1992[11]
Hardeman County Correctional Center		Hardeman	Whiteville	1997[12]
Whiteville Correctional Facility				2002[13]
Trousdale Turner Correctional Center		Trousdale	Hartsville	2016

Closed

!Facility!County!Location!Year opened!Year closed

Tennessee State Penitentiary	Davidson	Nashville	1831	1992
	Lauderdale	Henning	1938	1999
Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex	Morgan	Petros	1896	2009
Charles Bass Correctional Complex	Davidson	Nashville	1946 (annex)	2015[14]
			1979 (main facility)

External links

• Official Website Tennessee Department of Corrections

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bledsoe County Correctional Complex . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814230550/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-bledsoe-county-correctional-complex . 2016-08-14 . dead .
2. Web site: Tennessee Department of Correction - Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility . 2010-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005152645/http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/dsnf.html . 2010-10-05 . dead .
3. Web site: Morgan County Correctional Complex . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160828001929/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-morgan-county-correctional-complex . 2016-08-28 . dead .
4. Web site: Northeast Correctional Complex . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809121544/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-northeast-correctional-complex . 2016-08-09 . dead .
5. Web site: Northwest Correctional Complex . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817054610/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-northwest-correctional-complex . 2016-08-17 . dead .
6. Web site: Riverbend Maximum Security Institution . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817054133/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-riverbend-maximum-security-institution . 2016-08-17 . dead .
7. Web site: Turney Center Industrial Complex . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160825223424/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-turney-center-industrial-complex . 2016-08-25 . dead .
8. Web site: West Tennessee State Penitentiary . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160803104200/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-west-tennessee-state-penitentiary . 2016-08-03 . dead .
9. Web site: Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819184958/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-mark-luttrell-correctional-center . 2016-08-19 . dead .
10. Web site: Tennessee Prison for Women . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806113714/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-tennessee-prison-for-women . 2016-08-06 . dead .
11. Web site: South Central Correctional Facility . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160805031917/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-south-central-correctional-facility . 2016-08-05 . dead .
12. Web site: Tennessee Department of Correction - Hardeman County Correctional Facility . 2010-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140412190831/http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/hccf.html . 2014-04-12 . dead .
13. Web site: Whiteville Correctional Facility . 2016-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818221250/http://www.tn.gov/correction/article/tdoc-whiteville-correctional-facility . 2016-08-18 . dead .
14. Web site: Tennessee Department of Correction - Charles B. Bass Correctional Complex . 2010-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005152642/http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/cbcx.html . 2010-10-05 . dead .