Northwest Correctional Complex

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Northwest Correctional Complex
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Northwest Correctional Complex
Location960 TN-212
Tiptonville, Tennessee
StatusOpen
Security classMedium
Capacity2,377 [1]
Managed by Tennessee Department of Correction

The Northwest Correctional Complex is a state prison located in Tiptonville, Lake County, Tennessee. It is owned and operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. [2] The facility can hold 2,391 inmates at a range of security levels. [3] [4] It has the second largest capacity of any state prison in Tennessee after the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center. [3] As of May 31, 2020, there were 1,958 in the facility. [3] It is the primary educational prison in the state system. In addition, inmates provide more than 100,000 hours of community service to state and local governments, and non-profit agencies annually. [1]

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In July 2015 eight NCC inmates sustained knife wounds in gang-related stabbings. The prison, as well as the state's Northeast Correctional Complex, was put on lockdown. The disturbances were attributed by The Tennessean to understaffing and a "severe manpower shortage" following Tennessee's decision to reconfigure correctional officers' schedules to save money on overtime. [5]

In May 2020, it was reported that 394 cases of COVID-19 had been linked to the NCC. Specifically, 381 inmates and 13 staff at the prison had tested positive for the disease as of May 15. [6] As of June 3, 2020 a total of 612 inmates and 28 staff members have tested positive; 382 of those inmates have recovered and 10 staff members have returned to work. [7]

History

The Lake County Regional Correctional Facility (now called Site 2 within the complex) opened in Tiptonville in 1981, with a capacity of 500 inmates. [4] The Northwest Corrections Center opened on the site in 1992, and is called Site 1. [4]

Notable inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Letalvis Cobbins00459699Serving a life sentence without parole.Convicted of the 2007 kidnapping, rape, and murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. [8]
George Geovonni Thomas00464319Serving a sentence of 50 years. Eligible for parole in 2053.Also convicted of the previously mentioned 2007 kidnapping, rape, and murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. [9]
William Riley Gaul00593432Serving a 60-year sentence. Eligible for parole in 2076.Perpetrator of the 2016 stalking and murder of Emma Jane Walker, his ex-girlfriend. [10] [11] [12]
Jim Adkisson00450456Serving two life sentences without the possiblity of parole.Perpetrator of the 2008 Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting, in which he murdered two people and injured six others. [13] [14]
Joel Michael Guy, Jr.00624102Serving a life sentence.Convicted of the 2016 murders of Joel and Lisa Guy, his parents. [15] [16] [17] [18]

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  2. ↑ "Northwest Correctional Complex". Tennessee Department of Correction. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Tennessee Department of Correction (May 31, 2020). Tennessee Bed Space and Operating Capacities Report (PDF).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. 1 2 3 Grimes, Bud (2009-05-22). "He Holds the Key". Tennessee Alumnus. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
  5. ↑ Wllemon, Tom (25 July 2015). "8 Tennessee prisoners hospitalized after knife fights". The Tennessean. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Smith, Ashley (14 May 2020). "401 COVID-19 cases in Lake County Tenn., 394 linked to Northwest Correctional Complex". KFVS-TV. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
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