Tennessee, Trousdale Turner Correctional Center and Riot
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As part of a “new operational structure,” the Tennessee Department of Correction said that some inmates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center would be transferred to state facilities. At around 10 p.
FOX 17 News is on the scene at Trousdale Turner Correctgional Center where many state troopers and police officers are currently gathered.
Following a riot which took place Sunday night, Fifteenth Judicial District Attorney Jason Lawson is calling for the Tennessee Department of Corrections to assume management of the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center which sits near the Trousdale/Smith County line.
A violent riot at Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility has prompted families and officials to call for state takeover of the CoreCivic-run prison.
On Sunday, the Tennessee Highway Patrol deployed around 75 state troopers to the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Hartsville.