The Tennessee State Prison was forced to close in June 1992 ... FULL SERIES: Explore Tennessee's Abandoned Places During its 120-year history, the prison has hosted both the famous and the infamous.

Left abandoned for several decades, the already decaying structure of the old Tennessee State Prison was further damaged during a deadly March 3, 2020, tornado that left piles of brick and rubble ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The state Department of Correction has released a new video featuring drone footage of the old Tennessee State Prison that was forced to close 24 years ago because of ...

The fence that was driven through was the fence around the old state penitentiary, which belongs to the Tennessee Department of Corrections on the 6000 block of Centennial Blvd. The description of ...

Inmates at a Tennessee prison destroyed property, compromised security cameras and set a few fires during a riot that took ...

RELATED: Abandoned Places: Tennessee State Prison The five-story cell blocks were designed to hold 800 inmates, but the corrections department wasted no time exceeding this limit by incarcerating ...

Before the storm struck more populated areas, it took aim at the abandoned facility in ... The facility remained open until the state shut down the prison in 1992. The site became popular as ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The state Department of Correction has released a new video featuring drone footage of the old Tennessee State Prison that was forced to close 24 years ago because of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The state Department of Correction has released a new video featuring drone footage of the old Tennessee State Prison that was forced to close 24 years ago because of ...