West Tennessee State Penitentiary

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West Tennessee State Penitentiary
Location480 Green Chapel Road
Henning, Tennessee
Statusopen
Managed by Tennessee Department of Correction

West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) is a Tennessee Department of Correction prison located in unincorporated Lauderdale County, Tennessee, near Henning. [1] Site #1 of WTSP formerly housed the Cold Creek Correctional Facility. [2]

Tennessee Department of Correction

The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is a Cabinet-level agency within the Tennessee state government responsible for the oversight of more than 20,000 convicted offenders in Tennessee's fourteen prisons, three of which are privately managed by the Corrections Corporation of America. The department is headed by the Tennessee Commissioner of Correction, who is currently Tony Parker. TDOC facilities' medical and mental health services are provided by Corizon. Juvenile offenders not sentenced as adults are supervised by the independent Tennessee Department of Children's Services, while inmates granted parole or sentenced to probation are overseen by the Department of Correction (TDOC)/Department of Parole. The agency is fully accredited by the American Correctional Association. The department has its headquarters on the sixth floor of the Rachel Jackson Building in Nashville.

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The West Tennessee High Security Facility (WTHSF) became operational in 1990. [3] In 1999 the Cold Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) closed. CCCF was replaced by a medium security complex built next to WTHSF. The two complexes and the CCCF minimum security annex were operationally combined and became the WTSP. [4]

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

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References

  1. ↑ "West Tennessee State Penitentiary." Tennessee Department of Correction. Retrieved on September 26, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Risk Management." Tennessee Department of Treasury. Retrieved on September 26, 2010. "249 West TN State Penitentiary - Site #1 (formerly Cold Creek Correctional Facility - Fort Pillow)"
  3. ↑ "HISTORICAL TIMELINE - (1700 - 2003)." Tennessee Department of Correction. 12 (12/16). Retrieved on September 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ "HISTORICAL TIMELINE - (1700 - 2003)." Tennessee Department of Correction. 14 (14/16). Retrieved on September 26, 2010.

Coordinates: 35°40′13″N89°44′48″W / 35.67028°N 89.74667°W / 35.67028; -89.74667

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