Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Senators defied objections from Tennessee’s Correction Department and gave unanimous approval to a bill equipping prison guards in ...

A growing number of state prison systems will soon require guards to wear body cameras or are considering laws that would put such requirements in place. Prison systems hope the body cameras will help ...

Body-worn cameras are not used by guards inside Tennessee’s prisons but some made the case for them in a Tennessee Senate hearing Tuesday, though state corrections officials pushed back. The hearing ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Dozens of mothers, wives and girlfriends are getting suspended from visiting loved ones in prison when body scanners make it look like they’re trying to sneak in drugs. News10NBC Chief ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — State lawmakers are suggesting a new idea aimed at increasing transparency inside one of Tennessee’s most troubled prisons. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate Corrections ...

A Tennessee Senate panel wants officers at a privately-run prison rocked by a 2025 riot to wear body cameras despite opposition from the state’s correction commissioner. The State and Local Government ...

Prison oversight bills would pilot body-worn cameras for guards, create a Family Advisory Board and permit prisons to destroy drones carrying drugs.