Bill > HB1144

This bill introduces a new provision for private prisons and correctional facilities in Tennessee that mandates a population reduction if the death rate of inmates is significantly high. Specifically, if a privately operated correctional facility or a county facility holding state inmates experiences an inmate death rate that is twice the rate of an equivalent state-operated facility (as reported in the department's annual statistical abstract), the department must reduce the facility's population by 10% within 90 days. This population reduction must continue until the department determines that the conditions contributing to the high death rate have been addressed. The bill aims to create a mechanism for ensuring safer conditions in private and contracted correctional facilities by using population reduction as a corrective measure when mortality rates are abnormally high. The legislation will take effect immediately upon becoming law, reflecting an urgent public welfare concern about inmate safety in non-state-operated correctional facilities.

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1144&ga=114