The issues involving lack of safety, transparency and poor financial practices call into question the competence of the leadership at the Tennessee Department of Correction. However, in response to scrutiny, TDOC Commissioner Derrick Schofield has shown defiance in the face…
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Experts Agree Tennessee Prisons Need Overhaul
A review by experts of Tennessee prison operations recommends the state Department of Correction make major changes in how prisoner assaults on guards are classified and also calls for changes to controversial staff scheduling changes. Among other things, the American…
Read MoreLocal Probation Officials Caught Red Handed
A private probation company in Tennessee is violating racketeering laws by jailing impoverished people who fail to pay court fines for traffic violations and misdemeanor offenses, and by refusing to waive fees for the indigent, according to a lawsuit filed…
Read MoreOverzealous Cop Threatens Local Mom With Jail for Littering
Littering in Tennessee is no laughing matter and has serious legal consequences, but should you go to court for tossing something as small as a cigarette butt out the window? One Antioch woman missed three days of work and spent…
Read MorePrisons for Profit
Former inmates say workers at Corrections Corporation of America used them for free labor. They say while serving their sentences, they built products that eventually lined the pockets of supervisors. Davidson County’s district attorney is investigating as well as the…
Read MoreStupid: Prison Time for Digging Up Civil War Artifacts
Two Tennessee men have been charged with illegally excavating and taking civil war-era artifacts from the bottom of Fort McCook. The area, also know as Battle Creek, is located on property owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Kenneth Stephen Fagin,…
Read MoreThese Criminals Keep It All In the Family
A mom and two men were arrested early Sunday morning in Madison after police caught them in the act of a burglary at a Mexican restaurant in the Rivergate area, while a 7-year-old boy was waiting in the car. According…
Read MoreTBI Investigates Reports of Torture at Rutherford County Jail
The TBI is investigating a claim that a Rutherford County Deputy sprayed a restrained inmate with pepper spray. The case is currently being fought in federal court. According to a court complaint, Demario Harris said his “constitutional rights were violated”…
Read MoreLocal Dad Beats Up Child Predator After Judge Goes Soft
A Maury County father is facing criminal charges after he allegedly beat up a man accused of soliciting his two young daughters. Kenneth Faulkner, 30, is charged with aggravated assault. He was arrested last Thursday and held in the Maury…
Read MoreState’s DUI Campaign Called Sexist
A new advertising campaign put out by the Governor’s Highway Safety Office has stirred up controversy, as some have said the campaign takes a sexist approach to encouraging young men not to drive under the influence. The campaign boasts slogans…
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