The Tennessee Department of Correction said it is turning to artificial intelligence to address ongoing staff shortages.

Tennessee lawmakers recently questioned whether state prisons and jails are following rules limiting the use of taxpayer dollars for gender-affirming care.

The South Central Correctional Center leaves LGBTQ people defenseless, so they’re organizing to fight for their safety.

While Tennessee Department of Correction has made progress in reducing contraband in state prisons, officials said drones that smuggle cell phones, drugs and other prohibited items into facilities ...

Tennessee is scheduled to execute death row inmate Edmund Zagorski using the electric chair Nov. 1, the first time the chair has been used here in 11 years. Gov. Bill Haslam delayed the execution to ...

NASHVILLE (AP) - A Tennessee prison lost its main heating source on a frigid New Year's Day, and officials are trying to keep inmates and employees warm with extra blankets and portable heaters.

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 ...