Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-101 (2026)
State prisons - Penitentiary defined - Correctional facilities
✓ current as of May 2026
- (a) The penitentiary located upon the farm purchased by the state from M. S. Cockrill, near Nashville in Davidson County, is the state prison, in which convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary shall be confined, employed and governed, as provided in this title; but they may be confined and employed in branch prisons as authorized by law.
- (b) "Penitentiary" means and includes the Tennessee state penitentiary in Nashville, Brushy Mountain penitentiary, Fort Pillow state farm and the other penal institutions, reformatories, branches and facilities that may hereafter be acquired, built, constructed or maintained by the state for the purpose of confinement of persons, both male or female, who have been convicted of violating the criminal laws of this state and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary.
- (c) The state regional correctional facility located in Bledsoe County is designated, and shall hereafter be known, as the "Southeastern Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility."
- (d) The state special needs correctional facility located in the River Bend area of Davidson County is designated, and shall hereafter be known, as the "Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility."
Code 1858, § 5436; Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 2; Shan., § 7453; mod. Code 1932, § 12062; Acts 1963, ch. 180, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-101; Acts 1985, ch. 7, § 1; 1992, ch. 746, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2000–2022 · leading case: State v. Walls, 62 S.W.3d 119 (Tenn. 2001).
State v. Walls, 62 S.W.3d 119 (Tenn. 2001). “”); see also Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-1-101 (1997 & Supp.2001) (governing state prisons); Tenn.”
Hawkins v. Tennessee Dep't of Corr., 127 S.W.3d 749 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “See Tenn.Code Ann. §§ 41-1-101,-201,-702. In addition, the warden is given charge and custody of the prison, as well as responsibility for the custody, welfare, conduct and safekeeping of the prisoners therein.”
Kelly v. Allen (E.D. Tenn. 2019). “2003); Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-101 (b). Thus, to succeed on his equal protection claim, Plaintiff must proceed under the “class of one” theory.”
Brown v. Partin (E.D. Tenn. 2020). “2003); Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-101 (b). Thus, Plaintiff’s allegation that he is being denied a job fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted under § 1983.”
Lowe v. Parris (E.D. Tenn. 2022). “at 2-3, citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-101 , et seq.]. He asserts that he filed this petition under Section 2241 not 28 U.”
State v. David Mitchell (Tenn. Crim. App. 2000). “2000) (“County Workhouses”) with Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 41-1-101 to -140 (1997 and Supp.”
Barton Hawkins v. Dept of Corr. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2002). “§§ 41-1-101 , -201, -702. In addition, the warden is given charge and custody of the prison, as well as responsibility for the custody, welfare, conduct (continued.”
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