Trousdale Turner guards to wear body cameras at privately-run prison

By: Sam Stockard

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: June 16, 2026

Words: 835

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Tennessee’s private-prison operator is paying the cost of equipping officers with body cams at besieged Trousdale Turner, but much of the video captured in the delayed pilot program will not be subject to the state’s Public Records Act.

State Sen. Tom Hatcher, a Maryville Republican who chairs the Senate Corrections Subcommittee, confirmed that Brentwood-based CoreCivic agreed to pay an estimated $350,000 for the body cameras and related equipment but that the program won’t begin on …

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