An inner shroud segment for use in a turbine section of a gas turbine engine in which the inner shroud segment is couplable to an outer shroud segment to form a turbine shroud segment, comprising: a body including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a pair of opposed lateral sides (52, 54) between the leading and trailing edges and the first and second side edges, wherein a first lateral side of the pair of opposed lateral sides (52, 54) is configured to interface with a cavity having a cooling fluid, and a second lateral side of the pair of opposed lateral sides (52, 54) is oriented toward a hot gas flow path; at least one first channel disposed within the body, wherein the at leas one first channel comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, and a straight portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, the first end portion is disposed adjacent the first side edge and the second end portion is disposed adjacent the second side edge; at least one second channel disposed within the body, wherein the at leas one second channel comprises a third end portion and a fourth end portion, and a straight portion between the fourth end portion and the third end portion, the third end portion is disposed adjacent the first side edge and the fourth end portion is disposed adjacent the second side edge; wherein the at least one first and second channels are configured to receive the cooling fluid from the cavity to cool the body, wherein the first end portion and the fourth end portion each comprises a hook-shaped portion having a free end, and wherein a respective inlet passage is coupled to each free end and extends in a radial direction from the free end to the first lateral side, wherein each respective inlet passage is configured to provide the cooling fluid from the cavity to the respective channel; wherein the hook-shaped portion comprised within the first end portion of the at least one first channel is curved toward the leading edge of the body, from the straight portion of the first channel toward its free end, and the hook-shaped portion comprised within the fourth end portion of the at least one second channel is also curved toward the leading edge of the body, from the straight portion of the second channel toward its free end. a body including a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a pair of opposed lateral sides (52, 54) between the leading and trailing edges and the first and second side edges, wherein a first lateral side of the pair of opposed lateral sides (52, 54) is configured to interface with a cavity having a cooling fluid, and a second lateral side of the pair of opposed lateral sides (52, 54) is oriented toward a hot gas flow path; at least one first channel disposed within the body, wherein the at leas one first channel comprises a first end portion and a second end portion, and a straight portion between the first end portion and the second end portion, the first end portion is disposed adjacent the first side edge and the second end portion is disposed adjacent the second side edge; at least one second channel disposed within the body, wherein the at leas one second channel comprises a third end portion and a fourth end portion, and a straight portion between the fourth end portion and the third end portion, the third end portion is disposed adjacent the first side edge and the fourth end portion is disposed adjacent the second side edge; wherein the at least one first and second channels are configured to receive the cooling fluid from the cavity to cool the body, wherein the first end portion and the fourth end portion each comprises a hook-shaped portion having a free end, and wherein a respective inlet passage is coupled to each free end and extends in a radial direction from the free end to the first lateral side, wherein each respective inlet passage is configured to provide the cooling fluid from the cavity to the respective channel; wherein the hook-shaped portion comprised within the first end portion of the at least one first channel is curved toward the leading edge of the body, from the straight portion of the first channel toward its free end, and the hook-shaped portion comprised within the fourth end portion of the at least one second channel is also curved toward the leading edge of the body, from the straight portion of the second channel toward its free end.