Riverbend Maximum Security Institution

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Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Coordinates 36°11′22″N86°54′14″W / 36.18944°N 86.90389°W / 36.18944; -86.90389
StatusOperational
Security classSupermax
Capacity786
Opened1989
Managed by Tennessee Department of Correction
Warden Kenneth Nelsen
Street address7475 Cockrill Bend Boulevard

The Riverbend Maximum Security Institution (RMSI) is a maximum-security prison in Nashville, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. The prison opened in 1989 and replaced its 100-year-old neighbor, the Tennessee State Penitentiary. RMSI, which is made up by 20 different buildings, sits on 132 acres (0.53 km2) located off Cockrill Bend Boulevard in Nashville. Riverbend's designated capacity is 786 offenders. Of that number, 480 are classified as high risk.

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The prison's overall mission is to ensure the safety of the public, departmental employees and inmates by managing high-risk male offenders. The Warden oversees a staff of nearly 400 people, including administrative workers, correctional officers, unit managers and medical personnel.

Education programs at the prison include GED and Adult Basic Education. There are also vocational classes available for printing, commercial cleaning, industrial maintenance, cabinet making/millwork and computer information systems. TRICOR, the prison industry, also manages a data entry plant and print shop at the prison. Inmates not involved in academic vocation, or industry programs are required to work in support service roles throughout the facility.

Male death row prisoners live at Riverbend. [1] The state's electric chair and lethal injection gurney are located at Riverbend.

Notable inmates

Death row

Executed

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