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Fifth Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty in Beating of Tennessee Inmate, Covering Up Incident

June 13, 2020June 12, 2020

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A fifth former correctional officer pleaded guilty this week to using unlawful force on an inmate and then conspiring to cover it up while working as an officer for the Tennessee Department of Correction.

Jonathan York, 33, faces up to 10 years in prison for the civil rights offense of using unlawful force and up to five years for the conspiracy offense.

Audit: Tennessee Department of Correction Leaders Must Improve Oversight

January 11, 2020January 10, 2020 Chris Butler

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Tennessee Comptrollers released an audit Friday that, among other things, blasted the Tennessee Department of Correction for poor management of prisons and not reporting things they were supposed to report.