A growing number of state prison systems will soon require guards to wear body cameras or are considering laws that would put such requirements in place. Prison systems hope the body cameras will help ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two men wearing suits sit side by side in what looks like a hearing room. Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — State lawmakers are suggesting a new idea aimed at increasing transparency inside one of Tennessee’s most troubled prisons. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate Corrections ...

Body-worn cameras are not used by guards inside Tennessee’s prisons but some made the case for them in a Tennessee Senate hearing Tuesday, though state corrections officials pushed back. The hearing ...

State lawmakers and the Tennessee Department of Correction are at odds over whether prison guards should be authorized to use body-worn cameras in Tennessee prisons. Both Democrats and Republicans say ...