West Tennessee State Penitentiary News

Convicted killer Letalvis Cobbins has been moved to a maximum-security prison. The 26-year-old Cobbins was convicted in August of first-degree murder in the Knoxville torture slaying of Channon Christian and facilitating the murder of her boyfriend Christopher Newsom in 2007.

The economic downturn has struck Rutherford County is many ways, mostly stemming from job losses and a high unemployment rate.

Judge Richard Baumgartner said he will not allow the state to use Lemaricus Davidson's prior carjacking conviction against him if he decides to take the stand during his trial.

Judge Richard Baumgartner said he will not allow the state to use Lemaricus Davidson's prior carjacking conviction against him if he decides to take the stand during his trial.

A Dyersburg couple was arrested after a Tennessee Department of Corrections officer discovered seven ounces of marijuana and eight cell phones hidden under a sink at the Lake County Courthouse Tuesday.

MEMPHIS a ' A West Tennessee woman has been charged in connection with a scheme to mail drugs and cash into at least two state prisons, according to a news release.

A skin disease has been diagnosed in seven inmates from the Madison County Jail who were transferred to a state prison, according to medical doctors from the Tennessee Department of Correction.