TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Dec 12, 2023

An audit conducted by the Tennessee's Comptroller's office has found Tennessee prisons may have violated federal law by mishandling sexual assault cases, reports the Tennessean. The report also found triple-digit staff turnover rates at CoreCivic-operated facilities. In addition, the audio showed multiple examples of TDOC and CoreCivic staff violating federal Prison Rape Elimination Act standards, including closing sexual assault investigations before receiving rape testing results. In its formal response to the audit, TDOC pledged to provide "training for the appropriate staff" to improve compliance with the federal law.