NASHVILLE – Due to an increase in active COVID-19 cases in the community, the Department of Correction has suspended visitation at four TDOC facilities until further notice.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2020 | 04:06pm
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Saturday, September 26, 2020 | 05:28pm
NASHVILLE – The Department of Correction will resume visitation for inmates at three TDOC facilities beginning next weekend. A modified visitation schedule is planned for the Turney Center Industrial Complex, the Morgan County Correctional Complex and the Mark Luttrell Transition Center beginning Saturday, October 3.
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Wednesday, September 09, 2020 | 10:08am
Results from the latest round of targeted testing for COVID-19 at state correctional facilities shows 80% of all inmates received negative test results.
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Thursday, September 03, 2020 | 02:41pm
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) has launched another round of targeted testing for COVID-19 in all state correctional facilities. In conjunction with the Department of Health, Department of Military, Core Civic and Centurion, additional testing will be conducted out of an abundance of caution and following the recent positive test results at the South Central Correctional Facility (SCCF).
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Monday, August 31, 2020 | 02:23pm
Nashville - A second round of mass testing for COVID-19 has been completed at the South Central Correctional Facility in Wayne County. Of the 1,410 total tests conducted between Thursday and Friday of last week, 965 inmates tested positive with 168 test results pending.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2020 | 10:22am
NASHVILLE – The Department of Correction has taken a unique approach to reaching out to inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic. Because visitation at all state prisons has been suspended since March, TDOC has partnered with the 4th Purpose Foundation to bring visitation back--via video messaging.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020 | 09:34pm
Many parts of Tennessee are adjusting to a new normal in the age of COVID-19 and TDOC is no exemption. On Tuesday, some of the inmate work crews from the Turney Center Industrial Complex Annex in Wayne County resumed work, all while practicing safe social distancing protocol.
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Friday, June 19, 2020 | 11:22am
STATEWIDE – As the world continues to deal with the COVID-19 virus, the Tennessee Department of Correction offender population has stepped up to do its part to help Tennesseans across the state.
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Saturday, May 30, 2020 | 06:00am
TIPTONVILLE – The latest round of mass COVID-19 testing at the Northwest Correctional Complex has now been completed.
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Thursday, May 07, 2020 | 10:31am
PIKEVLLE – Inmates at the Bledsoe County Correctional Complex are recovering from COVID-19 with 580 of the 586 cases confirmed on April 18 completing 14 days of isolation and showing no symptoms.
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Tuesday, May 05, 2020 | 01:15pm
HARTSVILLE – An inmate who was taken to a local hospital last week for an assessment has passed away. The 67-year-old man tested positive for COVID-19 while in the hospital and died Monday morning at 1:20 am.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2020 | 11:47am
HARTSVILLE – A fourth round of mass testing has begun at a CoreCivic prison in order to further ensure the safety of staff and inmates.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | 09:42pm
NASHVILLE – Beginning Wednesday April 22, the Tennessee Department of Correction will launch a 24-hour COVID-19 Information Line for family members of incarcerated individuals.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2020 | 12:51pm
HENNING – As the COVID-19 virus continues to affect the world and the communities we work and live in, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is doing its part to help combat this pandemic.
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Monday, April 20, 2020 | 09:25am
NASHVILLE – The Department of Correction has launched a third round of mass testing of inmates at three facilities as part of its strategic, proactive targeted plan based on aggressive contact tracing.
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