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Location | 541 Wayne Cotton Morgan Drive Wartburg, Tennessee |
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Status | open |
Security class | Maximum |
Capacity | 2128 |
Opened | 1980 |
Managed by | Tennessee Department of Corrections |
Warden | Shawn Phillips |
Morgan County Correctional Complex (MCCX) is a maximum security prison in unincorporated Morgan County, near Wartburg, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. It opened in 1980. An expansion was later completed which increased its capacity to 2,128 prisoners. The prison is accredited by the American Correctional Association. The current warden is Shawn Phillips. [1]
When the Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex closed in June 2009, its functions and most inmates and staff were transferred to the Morgan County Correctional Complex. [2] [3]
Inmate Name | Register Number | Status | Details |
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Zachary Adams | 00426285 / 1210691 | Serving a life sentence without parole. | One of the convicted perpetrators of the 2011 disappearance and Murder of Holly Bobo. [4] [5] [6] |
Travis Reinking | 00637563 / 04568013 | Serving a life sentence without parole. | Perpetrator of the 2018 Nashville Waffle House shooting in which he murdered four people before being disarmed by James Shaw Jr. [7] [8] Ran away from the crime scene, and was later captured. [9] [10] [11] |
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