Department of Correction
Derrick D. Schofield, Commissioner
State Prisons
The Tennessee Department of Correction consists of 14 state prisons located across the state. Eleven, of those facilities, are operated by the department and three are managed privately by Corrections Corporation of America.
The department also operates the Tennessee Correction Academy which trains corrections professionals, as well as criminal justice professionals from other government agencies.
Click in any region of the state to see a list of institutions located in that area or choose from the list of prisons below:
Bledsoe County Correctional Complex (formerly Southeastern Tennessee Regional Correctional Facility) - (Bledsoe County) Pikeville
Charles B. Bass Correctional Complex - (Davidson County) Nashville
Hardeman County Correctional Center - (Hardeman County) Whiteville
Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility - (Davidson County) Nashville
Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center - (Shelby County) Memphis
Morgan County Correctional Complex - (Morgan County) Wartburg
Northeast Correctional Complex - (Johnson County) Site 1 - Roan Mountain; (Carter County) Site 2 - Mountain City
Northwest Correctional Complex - (Lake County) Tiptonville
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution - (Davidson County) Nashville
South Central Correctional Center - (Wayne County) Clifton
Tennessee Prison for Women - (Davidson County) Nashville
Turney Center Industrial Complex - (Hickman County) Site 1 - Only; (Wayne County) Annex - Clifton
West Tennessee State Penitentiary - (Lauderdale County) Henning
Whiteville Correctional Facility - (Hardeman County) Whiteville
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