DOJ Launches Investigation into Tennessee’s Largest Prison for Alleged Sexual Abuse, Assault

DOJ Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday that it would investigate Tennessee’s largest prison for rampant assaults, sexual abuse and murders, according to a press release.

The DOJ is launching an investigation into Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, a private prison opened by CoreCivic in 2016 and the largest prison in the state, after reports of sexual and physical abuse inside the prison, according to the press release. The prison allegedly had 196 assaults, two murders and 90 cases of sexual assault reported from July 2022 to June 2023, according to The Washington Post.

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