Tennessee Correction Department requests $13M pay increase for embattled private-prison operator

Tennessee Correction Department requests $13M pay increase for embattled private-prison operator

The Tennessee Department of Correction is asking to add $13 million to its budget for CoreCivic, despite a federal civil rights investigation into the private prison company. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)Tennessee’s Department of Correction is seeking a $13 million contract increase for the state’s private-prison company amid questions about a riot and federal civil rights investigation. Correction Commissioner Frank Strada did not m…