Guards deployed gas as inmates tried to destroy facility property, compromising security cameras, setting fires and refusing ...

A private correctional company says inmates at a Tennessee prison destroyed property, compromised security cameras and set a ...

Joshua J. Smith, 50, was appointed deputy director of the Bureau of Prisons on June 9, according to a bureau spokesperson. He ...

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells ...

At least two guards were held hostage at Tennessee’s largest prison when inmates rioted late Sunday, authorities said.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Inmates at a Tennessee prison sought to destroy property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took several hours to contain and caused minor ...

A riot at Tennessee's Trousdale Turner Correctional Centre has intensified scrutiny of its private operator, CoreCivic.

A Middle Tennessee prison is on lockdown after a riot broke out overnight at the facility injuring at least three inmates and one correction guard, officials said. The melee took place at the ...

Tennessee Prison Riot Contained After Several Hours; 3 Inmates and 1 Guard Injured NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Inmates at a Tennessee prison sought to destroy property, compromised security cameras ...

Two prison guards were held hostage during a violent overnight riot at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee, ...