List of Tennessee state prisons
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates This is a list of state prisons in Tennessee. The only federal prison in Tennessee is Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis in Shelby County, although there is a Residential Reentry Management operated by the Bureau of Prisons in Nashville. This list also does not include county jails located in the state of Tennessee.
The Tennessee government agency responsible for state prisons is the Tennessee Department of Correction.
Male facilities
| Facility | County | Location | Year opened | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bledsoe County Correctional Complex | Bledsoe | Pikeville | 2012 | |
| Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility | Davidson | Nashville | 1992 <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Morgan County Correctional Complex | Morgan | Wartburg | 1980 | |
| Northeast Correctional Complex | Johnson | Mountain City | 1991<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Carter County Annex | Carter | Roan Mountain | 1986 | |
| closed 2021 | ||||
| Northwest Correctional Complex | Lake | Tiptonville | 1981<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | site 2 |
| 1992 | site 1 | |||
| Riverbend Maximum Security Institution | Davidson | Nashville | 1989<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Turney Center Industrial Complex | Hickman | Only | 1971<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Turney Center Annex | Wayne | Clifton | 1985 | |
| West Tennessee State Penitentiary | Lauderdale | Henning | 1990<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
Female facilities
| Facility | County | Location | Year opened | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark H. Luttrell Correctional Center | Shelby | Memphis | opened in 1999 as a female institution | converted to male institution in 2016 |
| Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center | Davidson | Nashville | 1966 | Formerly known as the Tennessee Prison For Women Renamed Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center in 2020. |
| Bledsoe County Correctional Complex | Bledsoe | Pikeville | Houses 300 female inmates in a separate unit originally built as a men’s annex. | |
Private facilities
| Facility | Operated by | County | Location | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Central Correctional Facility | Corrections Corporation of America | Wayne | Clifton | 1992<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Hardeman County Correctional Center | Hardeman | Whiteville | 1997<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| Whiteville Correctional Facility | 2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |||
| Trousdale Turner Correctional Center | Trousdale | Hartsville | 2016 |
Closed
| Facility | County | Location | Year opened | Year closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State Penitentiary | Davidson | Nashville | 1831Template:Efn | 1992Template:Efn |
| Cold Creek Correctional Facility | Lauderdale | Henning | 1938Template:Efn | 1999 |
| Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex | Morgan | Petros | 1896Template:Efn | 2009Template:Efn |
| Charles Bass Correctional Complex | Davidson | Nashville | 1946 (annex) | 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1979 (main facility) |