Title 41, Correctional Institutions and Inmates

(a) Prior to the awarding of any contract to provide correctional services as defined in § 41-24-102(2)(F), the state shall establish objective performance criteria and cost criteria for both the state and private contractor. The performance criteria shall measure the quality of …

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, prior to entering a contract for providing the security function for any prison, such as providing correctional officers or other persons providing security and control over inmates, the following requiremen…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, no contract for correctional services as defined in § 41-24-102(2)(F), shall be entered into unless the following requirements are met:(1) The contractor provides audited financial statements for the previou…

The provisions of title 39, chapter 16, including, without limitation, § 39-16-201 and §§ 39-16-605 — 39-16-608, shall apply to offenses committed by or with regard to inmates assigned to facilities or programs for which a prison contractor is providing correctional services.

In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by law, the commissioner shall monitor any contracts with prison contractors providing correctional services and shall report at least annually, or as requested, to the state and local government committee of the senate and the st…

(1) No contract for correctional services shall authorize, allow or imply a delegation of the authority or responsibility of the commissioner to a prison contractor for any of the following:(1) Developing and implementing procedures for calculating inmate release and parole eligi…

(1) All existing provisions of law shall apply to a prison contractor except as provided in this section or otherwise provided in this chapter:(1) Title 12, chapter 3, relative to public purchases, shall not apply to purchases and procurements of a prison contractor providing cor…

(a) The following provisions shall govern eligibility for membership in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system for employees of a prison contractor providing correctional services as defined in § 41-24-102(2)(F):(1) Department of correction employees in positions under the …

(a) The following provisions shall govern the rights of employees of the state who become employees of the contractor. (b) Any employee of the contractor who was formerly an employee of the state shall have the following rights while in the employ of the contractor:(1) The employ…

In a facility operated pursuant to a contract to provide correctional services, as defined in § 41-24-102(2)(F), or in a facility operated pursuant to a contract with a county to hold state inmates and that county has entered into a contract with a contractor to provide correctio…

The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, as required to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.

Section 39-16-606 shall apply to the appropriate official of a prison or facility operated by a private prison contractor when any inmate housed in the prison or facility escapes from the private contractor prison or facility.

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 inmat…

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, including [former] § 8-30-309 [repealed], and recognizing the years of faithful and dedicated service to the department by the employees of community services agencies providing correctional health services for the depart…

(a) For the purposes of this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “out-of-state prisoner” means a person incarcerated in a correctional facility within this state on behalf of a state other than Tennessee or a governmental entity whose jurisdiction is outside of Tennes…