Cold Creek Correctional Facility

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Cold Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) was a Tennessee Department of Correction prison located in unincorporated Lauderdale County, Tennessee, near Henning. [1] CCCC is now the West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) Site #1. [2] The prison facility was previously named the West Tennessee High Security Facility and the Fort Pillow State Prison and Farm. [3]

The Fort Pillow Prison and Farm originally opened in December 1937. [3] As of July 13, 1998 the institution supported a 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) farming operation. [1] In 1999 the Cold Creek Correctional Facility closed. CCCF was replaced by a medium security complex built next to the West Tennessee High Security Facility (WTHSF). The two complexes and the CCCF minimum security annex were operationally combined and became the WTSP. [4]

Musician Steve Earle performed a concert at Cold Creek in June 1996 as part of a parole agreement after he was jailed for drug offenses the previous year. The concert was filmed as a MTV special, To Hell and Back, which was later released on DVD as part of a box set in July 2013. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cold Creek Correctional Facility." Tennessee Department of Correction. February 3, 1999. Updated July 13, 1998. Retrieved on September 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Risk Management Archived 2010-10-05 at the Wayback Machine ." Tennessee Department of Treasury. Retrieved on September 26, 2010. "249 West TN State Penitentiary - Site #1 (formerly Cold Creek Correctional Facility - Fort Pillow)"
  3. 1 2 "TENNESSEE PRISON SYSTEM." Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture . Retrieved on September 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ "HISTORICAL TIMELINE - (1700 - 2003)." Tennessee Department of Correction. 14 (14/16). Retrieved on September 26, 2010.
  5. ↑ Heaton, Dave (9 July 2013). "Steve Earle: The Warner Brothers Years". Popmatters. Retrieved October 5, 2013.

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