 Main entrance, 2006 | |
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| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 36°10′38″N 86°51′55″W / 36.1772°N 86.8654°W |
| Status | Closed 1992 |
| Security class | High/Medium security |
| Capacity | 1,400 |
| Opened | 1898 |
Tennessee State Prison is a former correctional facility located six miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee on Cockrill Bend. It opened in 1898 and has been closed since 1992 because of overcrowding concerns.[1] The facility was severely damaged by an EF3 tornado in the tornado outbreak of March 2–3, 2020.[2]
- ^ Tennessee Department of Corrections. "Tennessee State Penitentiary". Retrieved 2009-12-22.
- ^ Sims, Elizabeth (3 March 2020). "Historic Tennessee State Prison damaged in Nashville tornadoes". WBIR.