Tennessee tied Arizona for states with the highest percentage of prisoners in private institutions. Here's how they compare to other states.

Tennessee has paid nearly $600,000 for lethal injection drugs in recent years, but the details are shrouded in secrecy.

The Tennessee Department of Correction announced in December that ... "Tennessee appears to have picked this method only because they were able to get their hands on pentobarbital, not because ...

“This culture of noncompliance, when combined with the risk-prone nature of pentobarbital poisoning as a method of execution, ...

A former Republican Tennessee lawmaker says President Donald Trump has pardoned him two weeks into his 21-month prison ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Republican Tennessee lawmaker who was two weeks into a 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme that ...

Here's what that means for the Volunteer State. According to the State of Tennessee, only four prisons are contracted and privately managed. These prisons are contracted through the company ...

(AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a former Republican Tennessee lawmaker who was two weeks into a 21-month prison sentence for an illegal campaign finance scheme that he pleaded guilty ...