this is a list of state prisons in tennessee. it does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of tennessee. the tennessee government agency responsible for state prisons is the tennessee department of correction. ==male facilities== * bledsoe county correctional complex (formerly southeastern tennessee state regional correctional facility) - pikeville - opened in 1980 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/bccx.shtml * charles bass correctional complex - nashville - annex opened in 1946, main facility opened in 1979http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/cbcx.html * hardeman county correctional center (operated by cca) - whiteville - opened in 1997 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/hccf.html * lois m. deberry special needs facility - nashville - opened in 1992 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/dsnf.html * morgan county correctional complex - wartburg - opened in 1980 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/mccx.html * northeast correctional complex - mountain city - opened in 1991 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/necx.html **carter county annex located in roan mountain functions as a part of northeast - opened in 1986 * northwest correctional complex - tiptonville - site 2 opened in 1981, site 1 opened in 1992 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/nwcx.html * riverbend maximum security institution - nashville - opened in 1989 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/rmsi.html * south central correctional facility (operated by cca) - clifton - opened in 1992 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/sccf.html * turney center industrial complex - only - opened in 1971 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/tcix.html ** turney center annex (formerly wayne county boot camp) - clifton - opened in 1985 * west tennessee state penitentiary - henning - opened in 1990 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/wtsp.html * whiteville correctional facility (operated by cca) - whiteville - opened in 2002 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/wcfa.html ==female facilities== * mark h. luttrell correctional center - memphis - opened in 1976 as male institution, converted to female institution in 1999 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institutions/mlcc.html * tennessee prison for women - nashville - opened in 1966 http://www.tn.gov/correction/institu
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