Department of Correction
Gayle E. Ray, Commissioner

January

No releases this month.

February

• Prison Expansion Project Moves Forward - February 1, 2008
• TDOC Helps Storm Victims - February 8, 2008
• Escapee Wanted - February 19, 2008
• Escapee Captured - February 22, 2008
• Youth Offender College Courses - February 25, 2008

March

• Project:  New Beginning Graduation - March 10, 2008
• Riverbend Inmates Give to Tornado Victim - March 17, 2008
• TDOC Names New Warden at MLCC - March 31, 2008

April

• Escaped Inmate Wanted - April 4, 2008
• Escapee Captured Additional Arrests - April 8, 2008
• TDOC Launches Staying Home - April 14, 2008
• Public Invited to Faith in Corrections Conference - April 17, 2008
• Great Books in Tennessee Prisons - April 17, 2008

May

• Tennessee Correction Academy Host Emergency Drill - May 4, 2008
• Tennessee Reentry Collaborative Conference - May 6, 2008
• Riverbend Inmates Host Asthma Walk - May 19, 2008
• Escapee Captured in Operation Clean Sweep - May 29, 2008

June

• Operation Starting Line - June 2, 2008
• Criminal Justice Treatment Conference - June 5, 2008
• Death Row Inmate Austin Dies - June 9, 2008
• Search for Escaped Inmate - June 10, 2008
• Escaped Inmate Captured - June 12, 2008
• TDOC Stops Flow of Contraband - June 13, 2008

July

• Commissioner Little Elected to Board of Governors - July 30, 2008

August

• Escapee Back in TDOC Custody - August 6, 2008
• Critical Incident Stress Management - August 11, 2008
• TDOC Launches Nashville Works - August 26, 2008

September

• First Annual Corrections Symposium - September 5, 2008
• TDOC Investigates Officers - September 8, 2008
• Jaunt in the Joint - September 15, 2008
• Investigation into Contraband - September 17, 2008

October

• Warden Named at West Tennessee Prison - October 9, 2008
• TDOC Makes Contraband Arrest - October 9, 2008
• Media Advisory - Tennessee First Lady to Stress Importance of Crime Victim Services - October 15, 2008 (pdf format)(71 kb)

November

•  Bledsoe Expansion Public Hearing - November 6, 2008
• TDOC's Good Samaritan Network Partners with AmeriCorps Vista - November 21, 2008
• TDOC Seeks Help for Children of Inmates - November 21, 2008

December

•  TDOC Launches Treatment Academy - December 11, 2008

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