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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 18, 2024

The Tennessee Department of Corrections 2024 Annual Report shows the state’s prisons are more understaffed and violent than before the pandemic. According to The Tennessean, the report shows the number of guard posts left unfilled increased last year after falling from a high in 2021. Parole and probation officer positions had a much lower vacancy rate in Fiscal Year 2024, but now is the highest it has been since 2014, the earliest year statistic are available. Employment data from Tennessee’s four privately managed prisons are not included in the department’s reporting. In addition, the report found that in all Tennessee prisons, including those privately managed, there were more assaults reported last fiscal year than in any year since 2015.