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| Location | 555 Forrest Avenue Clifton, Tennessee |
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| Status | open |
| Security class | medium |
| Capacity | 1,676 |
| Opened | 1992 |
| Managed by | CoreCivic |
South Central Correctional Facility is a privately run, medium-security prison located inClifton,Wayne County, Tennessee. This prison is operated and administered byCoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America) under contract to theTennessee Department of Correction.[1]
As of 2016, Tennessee houses state inmates in four CoreCivic prisons.[2] The state's Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986, however, authorizes a single private prison for state inmates.[3]
As of 2016 Tennessee technically contracts directly with CoreCivic only for inmates held at South Central. For the three other facilities, the state circumvents its statute by contracting with the local county. In turn the county signs an agreement with CoreCivic.[4]
In 1997, a prisoner sued two prison guards, alleging he had been subject to "very tight physical restraints."[5] The suit went to theSupreme Court of the United States asRichardson v. McKnight.[5]
On September 1, 2013, inmate Gerald Ewing was killed in a fight after three days of lockdowns and sporadic, simultaneous fights at the facility.[6] On March 28, 2014, inmate Jeffery Sills was brutally murdered by his cell mate, who had openly promised to do so.[7]
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