Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-24-117 (2026)

Records relating to inmates in private facilities

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The records and other documents concerning any inmate who is sentenced to the custody of the department of correction and is being housed in a prison or facility operated by a private prison contractor shall be public records to the same extent such records are public if an inmate is being housed in a department of correction facility.

Acts 1998, ch. 942, § 1.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2009–2009 · leading case: Friedmann v. Corr. Corp. of Am., 310 S.W.3d 366 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009).

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Friedmann v. Corr. Corp. of Am., 310 S.W.3d 366 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 36× “We also find that with respect to the South Central Correctional Center, the public records available to Plaintiff are limited to the documents identified in Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-24-117, which is part of the Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986.”

Alex Friedmann v. Corr. Corp. of Am. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 36× “We also find that with respect to the South Central Correctional Center, the public records available to Plaintiff are limited to the documents identified in Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-24-117 , which is part of the Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986.”

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