Tennessee's prison population has increased in recent ... The state’s prisons as of June 2024 held 21,867 men and 2,473 women. About one-third of inmates are serving their time in one of the ...

(WTVC) — A man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for stabbing a woman more than 60 times, stuffing her body in a suitcase, and dumping it on the banks of the Tennessee River.

Whether offering instruction through a megaphone at a demonstration, a poetry workshop at the Tennessee Prison for Women or in classrooms at TSU or Vanderbilt, Krinks appeals to people’s ...

CoreCivic manages four prisons in Tennessee. Though all incarcerated individuals are convicted and sentenced through the Tennessee justice system, roughly one-third of the state's prisoners are ...