Tennessee Department of Correction Donates Protective Masks
April 21, 2020
Henning, TN – As the COVID-19 Coronavirus continues to affect the world and the communities we work and live in, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is doing its part to help combat this pandemic. The TDOC offender population at West Tennessee State Penitentiary (WTSP) has stepped up to manufacture and donate PPE’s across the state.
West Tennessee State Penitentiary inmates manufacture cloth face masks to help combat COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking for Extremely Dangerous escapee Curtis Watson
August 7, 2019
Henning, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has issued a statewide Blue Alert for Curtis Ray Watson.
Watson is listed as a person of interest in the homicide of a Tennessee Department of Correction employee on Wednesday, August 7th, 2019, and is an escapee from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning, Tennessee.
Watson should be considered extremely dangerous.
Anyone with any information regarding his whereabouts should immediately contact the TBI at 1.800.TBI-FIND.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Blue Alert for Curtis Ray Watson.
TBI Case Yields Charges for West Tennessee Inmate in Suspicious Powder Hoax
June 3, 2015
Knoxville, TN – Special Agents from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation have obtained indictments for an inmate in the custody of the Tennessee Department of Correction in connection to a mailed threat targeting an Assistant District Attorney General.
On February 18th, TBI Agents began investigating an incident which occurred at the Sevierville office of District Attorney General James Dunn.
Earlier that day, an employee of the office opened a letter from inmate Mark Rhodes, which contained a suspicious white powder and threats targeting an Assistant District Attorney General who previously prosecuted a case involving Rhodes. [Read more]
