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Tennessee And Georgia Lawmakers Lead Senate Passage of Bill To Protect Federal Prison Staff
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed the Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, a bill aimed at addressing the alarming ...
Man sentenced after allegedly selling laptop containing child porn to Tennessee pawn shop
An Arkansas man has been sentenced to serve more than two decades in prison after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of ...
Speech rights of lawyers in Nashville federal court could change amid gag order fight
As a Nashville attorney fights a gag order, the federal court in Nashville is considering a rule change that could limit ...
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Man sentenced to federal prison for possession of firearms, ammunition
A federal judge has sentenced a man to 10 years in federal prison for possession of several firearms and a large amount of ...
Tennessee lawmakers end session dominated by continued immigration, DEI debates
Tennessee lawmakers are headed back to their home districts after adjourning a session defined by education issues and ...
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Memphis correctional officer sentenced to prison for bribery
A Memphis Federal Correctional Institution officer was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for bribery on ...
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Jury awards $27M to a man who was brutally assaulted in Shelby prison
A federal jury found the Tennessee-based company CoreCivic liable for failing to protect Lake and awarded $27,750,000 in compensatory damages.
CoreCivic ordered to pay $28M for failing to protect prisoner from near-deadly attack
Nathaniel Lake was "nearly beaten to death" at CoreCivic-operated Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, Montana, in September 2018. He sued, and a federal jury ruled in April that CoreCivic failed ...