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Residents and families urge scrutiny of Trousdale Turner operations and CoreCivic contract after incident
Summary
Two speakers described safety and staffing concerns at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center run by CoreCivic and urged the county to press for a transfer to the Tennessee Department of Correction or to review contract renewals; the commission heard public comment but took no formal action.
Two speakers with ties to neighborhoods near Trousdale Turner Correctional Center described being frightened by an incident at the privately operated facility and urged county leaders to press for changes to how the prison is operated and contracted.
Melissa Shala, who lives on Starlight Road across from the prison, said she and neighbors heard a chaotic police‑scanner narrative during the incident and were not notified that night. “We live so close that any delay in the alerts could have serious consequences to us,” Shala said. She…
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