June 9, 2025
Inmates at a Tennessee prison sought to destroy property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took several hours to contain and caused minor injuries to three inmates and one guard, the facility’s private operator said.
On Sunday evening, a large group of inmates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center from several housing units left their cells and accessed an inner yard, becoming “disruptive and confrontational” and refusing to follow the staff’s directions, according to CoreCivic spokesperson Ryan Gustin. The prison in Hartsville, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Nashville, is the subject of an ongoing U.S. Department of Justice investigation.
One correctional officer was assaulted and released from the hospital. Three inmates were being treated for minor injuries, Gustin said.
The prison’s staff used chemical agents on the inmates, who were secured by early Monday morning. They did not reach the perimeter and state troopers and local law enforcement officers were positioned outside the facility. The Tennessee Highway Patrol deployed about 75 troopers and the agency remained on site overnight until “every prisoner had been accounted for,” Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security spokesperson Jason Pack said.
The prison remained on lockdown while CoreCivic and the Tennessee Department of Correction investigate the riot, Gustin said.
The incident followed an assault by two Trousdale inmates Saturday that injured a correctional officer who remains at the hospital, Gustin said.
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